Posted on 05/01/2014 9:13:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The title in Spanish of the new biopic movie about César Chávez sums up just how little known the Mexican-American labor leader is in Mexico.
The movie that opened Thursday, Labor Day in Latin America, is called “The Mexican who defied the United States,” with a subtitle that translates as “Who the hell is César Chávez?”
That Chávez is barely known in Mexico shocks most Americans. That he was a U.S. civil rights hero with streets, schools, parks and a day in his honor surprises many Mexicans. Most of the moviegoers interviewed before an afternoon showing of film in Mexico City said they only knew about Chávez because of Mexican actor Diego Luna, who directed “Chávez” as his first English-language film. …
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Thanks for the background info. I have shades of memory of these things happening, from visiting family, in CA in the ‘70’s, and hearing similar stories.
Same here. I grew up in a very small agriculture town where he had one of his first offices. When we would get out of the movie theatre we had to pass it since it was just a few doors down. We’d go in and they would give us a candy. They kept a big bowl full of candy. lol If our parents had known they would have had a fit.
He was also against illegal immigration, because they competed at lower wages with his union workers. He understood to stand by Americans.
At one time Delano, CA had a huge Phillipino population working in the vineyards. They were the immigrants Chavez fought.
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