Pachucos during war times

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[@roundone7954]

This video brought me to tears! I don't know where you found this picture but that's my grandmaw in the thumbnail! I have pictures of her from that same day wearing the same outfit and everything. I was telling my kids the history of the zoot suit riots and how my grandparents lived. I told them let's look up a video and my grandmother's picture popped up on the 1st video. She passed away several years ago but she grew up in downtown LA during all the zoot suit riots. You picked the right person for your thumb nail she would tell me how they would wear their hair up like that because they would carry razor blades in her hair to pass off to the the zoot suiters to defend themselves. Thank you for sharing this!

[@BarrioTirilon1940]

the picture is from the video from a documentary.

[@henryohana6349]

That is so cool it is your grandma! And how fun it must have been to see her pop up unexpectedly!

[@MiguelChavez-jf5mi]

Wow! Nice!

[@christianruiz7129]

Now that's history and your nana is part of it im jealous......

[@jcbulldog533]

Good to see video acknowledge these Women that worked very hard to contribute to WWII it shouldn't be hidden at all very important part of History..As well as the Zoot Suit Riots.. People need to know how Nasty & Vicious these Navy/Marines treated these innocent people based solely on their attire..How ignorant & Racist..Glad to hear the women hid Blades in their hair I'd definitely use anything to defend myself..Damn Straight

[@ElTriOnline]

Mexican-Americans contributed their part for helping out during WW2, but have very little recognition. Only negative headlines were made, that's why we at El Tri Online, make it a point to support and celebrate the success of Mexican, Mexican-Americans and Latinos in general.

[@emmanuelgracia4766]

Pos start making it known. Het more facts out there.

[@jacobortegatv1598]

Little recognition but have the most purple hearts awarded to any minority group during the war

[@squirreltastic-k5v]

What recognition? If they served they are recognized. Why does race need to be announced? Be American and no colors need to matter

[@RSR8485]

@@squirreltastic-k5v that's the problem rather then saying American of Mexican decent like every body else they still say it the other way around .

[@rosstrovato9535]

@@jacobortegatv1598 I was going to mention that! And, what about the story of Felix Longoria? It makes you sad and angry at the same time.

[@831farmeros2]

Put this in the history channel AMERICA!!! 🇺🇸📺🇲🇽

[@juniorayala8483]

What's up Ese be cool out here on these streets my boy

[@angeofdeth6552]

@@juniorayala8483 stfu 🤡🤣

[@juniorayala8483]

@@angeofdeth6552 okay gangster will do

[@QuoVadis-vw7oj]

💯👍🏽👊🏽

[@8darkknight472]

Paul Mooney once said in the Dave Chappelle show "Black people are the most copied everyone wants to be a n*gga" He should see this video. To see who copied who

[@cardaribradley8088]

This is basically the riot they was talking about in the movie American me

[@myshirt84]

Facts bro, ugly scene where they raped that lady.

[@AngelsM213]

That's where the name for the movie came from, Santana's father was white, Good movie

[@geoboy700]

@@myshirt84 exactly wtffff?!!! I'm pretty sure that's what caused street Gangs to form!!! Africans and latinos and Asians too

[@geoboy700]

@@AngelsM213 that's true and it's sad!!!

[@edgardovilla199]

@@geoboy700 38th street gang formed during this time by Chicanos BECAUSE OF THESE RIOTS, and to protect their neighborhoods.

[@charlesbarnett4240]

My mother worked in an aircraft factory in San Diego during the 2nd world war stripping hydraulic tubes for P-38s.

[@robertof.s.7491]

My grandfather was a pachuco. Love that man even do I only have a few memories. We still have his pictures all dressed up a pachuco zoot. He married my grandmother in one too. I wish I was there

[@fireheartis1]

The only way that could happen is if you used a time machine lol. I get what you are saying but it was funny. I love Zoot Suits even though I am "white." My Step cousin had one and they are nice for sure.

[@elijahdoesflips]

Much love to our people ❤️

[@TexasChicano]

I need more Chicano History to show my Grandchildren! Thanks for this video Carnal ✊

[@christianruiz7129]

Watcha... Stand Proud and never walk with your head down....

[@rosstrovato9535]

The way that Mexican - Americans were treated during that time is unbelievable - their civil rights were violated to an extent that would be unimaginable today. And, it wasn't really all that long ago. 75 years or so is a blink of an eye as far as overall history is concerned. There was even a Mexican - American soldier named Felix Longoria who was killed in action in the Phillipines, and his family wasn't even allowed to hold his service at the funeral home in his own home town. It was "for whites only". Unbelievable. And, what makes it worse is the fact that his story doesn't seem to be widely - known in this country. I'm not Mexican - American, but, being a HUGE, long - time Selena fan, I've learned a lot about Mexican - American culture, and let me tell you, THEY'VE dealt with a lot of stuff, TOO. Racism is racism, no matter WHO it affects, but it seems as if racism against Mexican - Americans has been downplayed in U.S. history.

[@ShyRage1]

You hit it right on the nail with this one. I remember back in school when they would teach about African racism and slavery. The books would display two fountain drinks one with whites only signed and the other black only sign. After graduating from high school and doing my own research, I found out in the southern states there would be two fountains one stating what the sign above it whites only while the other would say Mexicans only. They never showed this or talked about it in grade school.

[@rosstrovato9535]

@@ShyRage1 There was also a time when a student could be punished if they were heard speaking Spanish instead of English. Crazy the things they could get away with back in the day.

[@ShyRage1]

@@rosstrovato9535 just like black history, mexican history should be placed in regular american history since those states were already american

[@ShyRage1]

@Oakland Raiders WHat does Trump have to do with the topic?

[@ShyRage1]

@Oakland Raiders Both sides in general are annoying....That's me telling you.

[@jeezusASV]

Why tf don't we learn about this in school ?

[@natcutie22]

What for it’s a terrible era

[@sgthabluedevil3269]

@@natcutie22 its still HISTORY stupid

[@Seymorrebutts]

They do. Just get Chicano studies. It’s an elective.

[@alejandr1630]

We do, I learned about this cuz of drama class

[@evrythngfinance997]

elizabeth rodriguez that’s college never in high school middle school, for the first time in my life they taught my class about the Chicano movement for the first time in my life for two fucking classes, I was so mad

[@martinavila6821]

They don't like us ,but they need us.

[@bp5439]

My grandfather was a pachuco from Chuco town.

[@jessesilva7448]

Viva la Raza 🎉

[@joetop6300]

Que VIVA LA RAZA

[@john-nk4kr]

Ahuevo

[@ElChuco_915]

The old man said I don't know where that style came. Originally came from El Paso Tx alias name El Chuco Tx. It bloom more in L.A. because there was more mexicans in L.A. than El Chuco Tx. In all it started in El Paso the Pachuquismo.

[@LuckyC555]

That style of dress actually came from blacks years before. Mexican kids adapted it and made it their own.

[@yoVisitante23]

I think it started in Pachuca Mexico. Where english rail road or mine workers dressed like this originally. I would do some deeper research.

[@pdswrld5200]

Then why I've heard that the style came from Africans??? I'm confused now

[@ShyRage1]

@@pdswrld5200 There's alot of history from different cultures especially with this one. Blacks saying they were first with the clothing along with lowriders. Same thing on the other side with brown individuals. Who cares really right? Live life and die happy

[@pdswrld5200]

@@ShyRage1 You right👍What only matters is to live life n die happy like you say✌️

[@jeremypatrickrayvasquezzyq1212]

A proud descendent of a pachuco ✊🏾

[@mikekings5265]

Not with that name

[@jeremypatrickrayvasquezzyq1212]

@@mikekings5265 so my ancestors can be invalidated by name? Sounds like some colonizer gate keeping bitch shit to me compa

[@Jay-jd7ru]

But I bet you voted for trump smh

[@jeremypatrickrayvasquezzyq1212]

@@Jay-jd7ru bitch ima socialist

[@ezzyalvarez7206]

Same!

[@chevyboxcaprice3681]

This is amazing !! I never knew this happen in CALIFORNIA.

[@southbaycommuter]

One of the many things not taught in public school

[@someoneunknown1211]

One less lie to make up. Like the Thanksgiving story we all were taught in school.

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

In Tejas they lynched Mexicans they won't say that either just like when They stole the territories from Mexico They took ranches land from Mexicans (chicanos ): already Living there and deported them .

[@oaklandlatinosunited]

I grew up in Oakland Ca and up here many Chicano Black and Southern Whites came to the Bay Area to work in the war Jobs especially the Kaiser Ship yards in Richmond They had Zoot Suit Riots in Oakland as well although not as big as what happened in La it happened up here to.

[@anthonyherrera9000]

Oakland latinosunited interesting ! Any more information you could release on that? I'm trying to look into it

[@DarkKnight-lq9cw]

Thank you for the video. I love my people and anyone else who brings strength and love to us.

[@stevenquinn4641]

It was a journey to another time The people were patriotic It's a touching story Stop the nasty rotten comments both ways only love endures everything else is dust

[@soniagarcia7447]

Thank you Quinn

[@GreaserCentral]

And the Mexican/ American history doesn't start there! We go way back to when this country was called U.S.A. Mexicans, Aztecs, Mexicas... we have been here long before! We are Natives of this lands! Always remember that!

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

Right stop calling your selves latinos Because we are talking about Mexican chicano history . Not South America or Caribbean people .

[@pzzuo1387]

Carmen G., your English is BEAUTIFUL! Just like your attitude. I'm proud to have an American Hero like you in the USA! People like you are the unsung backbone of WW2. I have nothing but love and respect for you and others like you!

[@redlopez8528]

Not latinos but Mexicans get it right baby!

[@baywood213]

Mexicans/Mexicanos

[@michaelgonzales4899]

@@baywood213 Chicano.

[@you7219]

Yup

[@anthonyfernandez7590]

💪🇲🇽

[@eutimiochavez415]

Olale

[@NoWayOut55]

My Grandfather worked a Victory Garden along, of all things, Victory Blvd. He was a Proud Man who raised his Boys to be 'americans.' My Dad was a member of one of the first car clubs, The Poor Boys. He had the plaque and everything for his 54 Ford Pick Up. As I grew, in the same area of Van Nuys/Encino, I cruised Whittier my 71 Firebird. Otherwise it was always, the Boulevard. Van Nuys Blvd. I have a couple of friends who want to use my story. It's been a crazy ride for this Apache, Navaho, Yaqui Boy out of Van Nuys. I'm proud of my background, and my People!

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

Jose was so happy when he came to America. He went to a baseball game and bought a ticket where he sat on top of a flagpole. Jose said everybody was so happy to see him they were singing 🎶Jose can you see 🎶 I love Mexico!

[@Pinchedanny47]

0:19 the government brought Mexicans to LA? 🤔 I believe they were already here. But this would be a good topic in History class from how well dressed they were and there was no such thing as sagging 🙄 lol

[@jcbulldog533]

Exactly, Government didn't bring here.. They were definitely already here.. People obviously seem to forget Conveniently that 7;States were once a time Mexico's Land!!!

[@pdswrld5200]

Hahaha right Wtf lol

[@pdswrld5200]

@@jcbulldog533 Stolen land Fkn thief pigs,But soon mexico will regain what belong to Dem n much more But probably we won't be alive to see it

[@generalfranco9399]

They brought a large influx. The brazaros work program, look into it. That's what the film maker was talking about

[@pdswrld5200]

1:21 I've see that image in cartoon with the girls arm forming a strong pose & I never thought it was a mexican lady n that represented history,Wow even women within the mexican ppl are the toughest 🇲🇽❤️💪

[@Mosin54r]

Awsome. Very touching on how minorities bridged gaps and created new social trends

[@mmckissack2379]

rome casanova eats hairy chorizo

[@MonicaCarriaga-gi7fv]

I’m Felix his goddaughter. I love these men. I know what they’ve been through.

[@props20]

The school what ever they feel like it... I graduated everything for nothing, I learn everything from the street and family and friends, history

[@eutimiochavez415]

They sure dressed sharp

[@diegodominguez390]

My grandma was one of those workers in a airplane factory

[@hzzzzz1]

Imagine being told you're lazy yet taking "our" jobs. Feels bad man.

[@TheWorld_2099]

Man, I’m truly sorry about that. It’s horrible that people talk like that and then hide behind being white. It’s not white, it’s racist. I hate racist whites, they should be a different color, like blue, so they can’t hide their terrible behavior.

[@estelahuerta3333]

That was my Mom Maria Rosuara Tovar

[@jessemontano762]

My dad's family were/are from LA. my grandpa was in one of the first bands in LA. Called los madrugadores. And my grandpa also fought in WW2. then he got sick and died from cancer. .

[@JoJo-gr1rp]

My grandfather was a bracero

[@Jukeboxxxz]

My great grandfather and grandmother came to Oakland from Nayart Mexico on that same status...💯

[@megadago100]

The man on the 5:00 min. Looks like Mr. Castro a teacher from Belmont high school in LA.

[@rickrodriguez3823]

Soy chicano I am Chicano I dont lose my suntan like some do caramelo brown all year round whose the real immigrant not us the border crossed us we didn't cross the border like we say in Tejas your in America now speak spanglish haha un grito mi Raza like a tortilla not too lite not to dark just rite orale !!!!!

[@RaymondRichardson-t8g]

Símon!!😂

[@Jukeboxxxz]

Zoot suites was an African American jazz thang that started in the 30s in Harlem.... but is now connected with the Chicano movement

[@Jukeboxxxz]

@Lykn Del Toro maturity at its best... LEARN UR HISTORY

[@Jukeboxxxz]

@Lykn Del Toro ooohhh... enjoy those oldies and soul music too.... 🎶... and im half BLACK n MEXICAN! FUN FACTZ

[@Jukeboxxxz]

@Lykn Del Toro ZOOT SUITS? OLDIES? LOL . OK sounds like you have issues with BLACK PEOPLE! Have a good evening... don't forget to play them oldies and slow jam (BLACK MUSIC) too.

[@Jukeboxxxz]

@Lykn Del Toro I know about my Mexican heritage too.... you didn't need to be disrespectful with your comments...BLACK n BROWN unity is what I'm about... we have so much in common with one another.... so the whole BLACK comment was out of pocket.... the real enemy is not BLACKS against MEXICAN or MEXICANS against BLACK!

[@Jukeboxxxz]

@Lykn Del Toro and if I see that in person I'll be the 1st one to protect the Paisa too... with that being said.... you have a great evening.... love the history of them ZOOT SUITS 🙂

[@felixherrerajr7585]

My grandfather was a pachuco from Texas.

[@BarrioTirilon1940]

What part of Texas?

[@felixherrerajr7585]

@@BarrioTirilon1940 Lochart, Texas

[@josereynaga5477]

@@felixherrerajr7585 by austin

[@edgardovilla199]

My grandfather said Pachuco riots broke out in TX too during that time.

[@joseborjas313]

I'm a Tejano mexicano vaquero

[@user-no8bh6cf2n]

Zoot suits started in chuco tx aka ELPASO

[@swgtx7134]

Hell yeahh chuco town💯much love from Htown, y'all the ones that made it happen💪🏽Texas shit carnal

[@mrtekken915records]

FACTS 🫡💯💯💯

[@rosalindalemos8587]

Thank. You. For. This. Video. The. Color. And. The. Tex. Mex. They. Always. Send. Then. In. Front. My. Uncle. Was. A. Pow. A. Hero. Pachucos. My. Brothers. N. Sisters. My. Dad. Was. One. Damn. Proud. Of. My. Jeff

[@nashortega2622]

My brother was pachuco were born in Watts,so .LA so just of what we went through.

[@gregorioramos4778]

Racisam is never going to stop It keeps on going. And going

[@nancyjoturner9646]

Thank you!

[@THAJUICE_408]

Now they disappear female latino soldiers like hot cakes

[@alexmaldonado2669]

Orale ese!!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Challey homes!

[@no3miiiz]

Sadly this is very “American” like

[@anthonyariashernandez6034]

Wish it could happen agian carnales there the minority now our raza has expanded and even tho it doesnt look like it where taking back the land thats rightfully ours.

[@johndough4875]

Becareful u don't STEP ON GODS TOES

[@carlitos-qv9dh]

This reminds me of american me movie.

[@ezrael6795]

Same

[@joseguzman8230]

The reason they hated seeing us using textitos is because if we would of gave that good, professional look to our next generation we would of really took all of their jobs😂

[@edgardovilla199]

And their women

[@mrwang420]

Wish women never lost this level of class.

[@richarddiaz1893]

I was well school back in the day learned how to throw putasos East LA style 😎

[@yolandalemus1373]

Those days are a different time A good time my dad. Back They my dad dressed like that then my brother in Texas Did too I Hope it comes back

[@gloriachinea5180]

Bendiciones 🙏 Padre Celestial

[@MsChachacha99]

This same generation loves USA and everything our country stands for unfortunately the younger ones are taught to hate it..my mother is from this era and proudly claims to be an American 🇺🇸 (regardless of hardships and wrongdoings that generation faced)

[@RR64434]

Loving America is one thing however loving Americans who hate you is another. They younger ones don’t hate America they hate the violent History that has been swept under the rug that portray an America that people don’t want to reconcile with.

[@superiorshotgun4348]

@@RR64434 The younger generation really do hate America, its a shame really

[@RR64434]

@@superiorshotgun4348 I think they hate the America they experience daily… that is different from what the Movie version of America is. I think it’s hard to like a country that is fighting internally amongst it’s people. It’s like a child who lives in a home where the parents yeal and scream and each other and who constantly try to undermine each other. That child is not going to like living in that home even it’s the only home that child has.

[@superiorshotgun4348]

@@RR64434 Good take but most people these day have not face these problems they have enjoyed American the to the fullest without struggling well a majority of them anyway

[@RR64434]

@@superiorshotgun4348 I think that is too much of a black or white statement... most people live in the gray area. I have enjoyed plenty of things that America has to offer and I have taken my opportunity and made the most of it but I cannot and will not speak for others who I know have had it worse. I'm also a person who looks at both sides of the coin. Someone who looks at the good of the U.S. while simultaneously sweeps the bad under the rug is not living in reality.

[@LaPotraBellaca]

I found out about the Bracero program and the Zoot Suit Riots in my Chicano studies class

[@SgtRoseUSMC]

" Zoot suit riots " when it was clearly us navy and us marines roiting

[@patriciamartinez-tentler6372]

Who remembers Whittier Blvd??

[@WSboi]

Proud to be Chicano! 🇲🇽 🇺🇸

[@gloriachinea5180]

Gracias Padre Celestial por otro día de Vida

[@josephleighton2458]

Pursue higher education my homes!

[@gloriachinea5180]

Indeed We Are Seres Humanos

[@Mexi67885]

Thats how santana from la primera was created

[@katherinenyberg7891]

What a shameful thing for sailors to do to our Mexican sisters and brothers

[@TheWorld_2099]

The sailors, police, the law... None of them are ‘allowed’ to do that, to be racist, to hurt people because they ‘feel like it’ We are all humans, and the law is supposed to be equal for all people. Racism and inequality is a disease, and like anyone with a disease, the problem has to be fixed.

[@rogerortega5254]

The police just stood there and laugh at them

[@mrwang420]

Honestly. Mexican women back then look so good. Hair and all.

[@humberto958]

The golden years

[@robertof.s.7491]

Watch the movie about the sleepy lagoon murder.

[@smurffifthsun8741]

The movie is called Zoot Suit, it was the first movie with Edward James Olmos,. I first saw it, when I was 6 in 1982. At the Raven theater, in Healsburg ca. Back then on sundays , the local farm workers would gather at the Central Park and hang out, so much so, that the theater dedicated that day for Spanish movies only. Now, the area has become a ritzy, Richie, rich, wine country tourist destination.....but it’s from the sweat of our dads and moms forehead that made the wine industry Rich!

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

I hate to say it, but I disagree with the elderly man at the end of the segment who states that what the Sailors and Marines did was 'very Un American.' If you have a grasp of U.S History and the many crimes wrought upon Natives and Mexicans during the Mexican American War and thereafter, you will realize that the disparaging and discriminatory violent acts committed by those service members was sadly very 'American.'

[@KingNobleTheBarber]

Is that Paco El Gallo Negro Aguilar narrating?😁👑💙🤜🏽🤛🏽💯

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

They jacked up the documentary by inclusiveness Latino term They were Chicanos Mexican American

[@ComptonChuckz88]

This was dope 🔥🔥🔥

[@georgeromero8252]

I know this guy that comes out in this document ary

[@BarrioTirilon1940]

Is Ary still with us?

[@vivavasquez]

my uncle died freeing Europe from fascists , but then they imported Nazis for the rocket program , but did not need too , we have the brains too .

[@chegua6863]

Nowadays everyone traded their Nike Cortez for air Jordans

[@Quetzalcoatlhd]

🇲🇽💯🤗👌

[@somebodysomebody7067]

Fue por Envidia.

[@amandahirschfeld7382]

The most shameful and disturbing thing about all this is that it really was not so long ago. We are all the same on the inside....ashes to ashes dust to dust 🙏

[@mrwang420]

Sale Castro sound like the story in Carlitos way. Love that movie.

[@anthonymoreno7433]

That sounds like benjamin bratt narrating lol

[@fredoelpedo2482]

Our own holocaust....my respects to my Hebrew bros..my great grandparents where also Hebrews, but we as Latinos and African Americans are still in a undercover holocaust.

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

We're not physical Hebrews lol And Is real is scattered in all nations Isiah 43

[@georgelandaverde7410]

Where was the navy armory built?

[@royaljesters4010]

Haters. The injustice. To Americans.omg

[@romengoneg238]

I learned this history from American me.

[@lilpaidwayz463]

It’s school!

[@JosephFernandez-p1k]

Califas faught for that estilo and enhanced it with style even up to this day. Los Angeles put that dress down firme,then came the cholo style the Dickies,Charlie Browns, Flannels with the Imperial calcos..Qvo !

[@8darkknight472]

Paul Mooney once said in the Dave Chappelle show how everyone copies Black fashion and culture. He should see this video . Let's see who copied who

[@danielnichols3713]

Zoot suit new suit it sounds the same ... Santana American Me

[@mikeromero8598]

This Nation seems to never learn from the past. Sad to think that many of these same young men that were assaulted would go to war to fight for this country.😡

[@someoneunknown1211]

To later be deported by Trump.

[@malenauribe1255]

@@someoneunknown1211 immigration system is not good...Don't blame Trump...go back to the Clinton, Bush n Obama adminstrations..and see how well democrats are ruining America. Everyone bashes Trump...Pelosi n her family...Gavn Newsom check them out...now turn your attention to biden and on he is putting people ot of work..

[@someoneunknown1211]

@@malenauribe1255 You're right but most importantly Fuck Donald Trump.

[@slixtocsik2787]

@Malena Uribe Democrats are only sometimes corrupted by greed, but Republican belive in far-right garbage like conservativism and fascism which is terrible for everyone.

[@Aldine281]

@@malenauribe1255 stop sucking on trump nuts by defending him trump is also part of the problem

[@MACQJR]

Is there a full documentary somewhere?

[@cesarlopes1880]

Latinos in LA in the 40s lol. No mames Eran Mexicanos.

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

Trying to take credit for something they didn't go through lol.

[@LuisFernandez-lu2wg]

5:52 american me movie scene

[@jayrose2024]

Yup Mexicans hard workers

[@jonmacdonald5345]

What happened? They younger generation absolutely sucks in comparison to the OGs!

[@thegreatdogzilla5855]

@@jonmacdonald5345 It's not a race thing. Every race in this generation is just up to date. By date i'm mean the current trend and society stuff like that.

[@edgardovilla199]

@@jonmacdonald5345 same thing that happened to your generation of kids.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

@@edgardovilla199 and what generation is that?

[@paulinoeugenia2660]

Good enough to fight but not good enough to be Respected?

[@gxnpurei6946]

THATS RIGHT!

[@Californiansurfer]

❤ Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara 1947 Japanese Americans are sent to camps and released and go to Chicago and return to Little Tokyo to find Brownsville a black community. Hammer Japanese American Zoot surfer from Chicago. Great book , enjoy.

[@tonogarcia9103]

Lol they don't do things like they use to things just aren't built the same.

[@alfredog432]

And thats how gangs are made