Interview with Abel Castro at his home in Los Angeles. On reel one, he focuses on his family: the power dynamics and interactions between his mother and father, the economic factors that prompted his family's migration to the United States from Mexico, and his socialization in Mexico. Castro also discusses the contested history of the border, the US-Mexican War and other subjugated history of the American West. Other topics covered include obstacles to Mexican advancement in American society, the color line, racism and discrimination in the electoral system. Californians of Mexican Descent Raw Materials.
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