George I. Sanchez, Ideology, And Whiteness in the Making of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, 1930-1960‪.‬

Let us keep in mind that the Mexican-American can easily become the front-line of defense of the civil liberties of ethnic minorities. The racial, cultural, and historical involvements in his case embrace those of all of the other minority groups. Yet, God bless the law, he is "white"! So, the Mexican-American can be the wedge for the broadening of civil liberties for others (who are not so fortunate as to be "white" and "Christian"!). George I. Sanchez (1958)