Question set for “How Do Mexico and the US Perceive Each Other?” by Pete Hamill


1. What parallel causes Hamill to empathize with Mexican migrants?

2. What does he mean by “marginalized one”?

3. What are the three defining values of Mexican society that Hamill describes?

4. What does Hamill mean by “in Mexican society; everybody knew the rules”?

5. What does Hamill mean by the stereotypes produced by journalism?

6. What does Hamill mean by drug hypocrisy?

7. How did hypocrisy figure into the Mexican-American War?

8. What does Hamill mean when he states that “that historical context also has a modern context”?