The Inequality Of Mexican Americans In The Film

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The film illustrated the inequality of Mexican Americans who were fighting to live in a more equal world where whites aren’t seen as superior and having a higher class. It depicts the struggle of daily living and the unfairness towards Hispanics who should be treated as significant as whites because they had the right. Mexican Americans lived in the cruelty of the elite race even when they risked their lives in WWII. Many individuals fought to protect their loved ones at home and essentially the whole country, in hopes of coming home to a change that would benefit their lives. Ultimately, they were let down, they came back only to find everything untouched and the same. Thus, resulting in some influential impacts that progressed them to make

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