This meant that in general , there is a negative perception among the residents of California towards the illegal Mexican immigrants . Lee even uses the concept of the Ethnic Ingroup Favoritism Hypothesis , in determining the said attitudes towards the formation of Proposition 187 . According to the said hypothesis - ``the motivation to maintain a positive sense of social identity leads members of different racial or ethnic groups to view their own subculture in more favorable terms than other subcultures ' In short , there...











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