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.

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!

Much love to our people ❤️

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

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

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

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

My grandfather was a pachuco from Chuco town.

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

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

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

Que VIVA LA RAZA

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

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.

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.

One of the many things not taught in public school

Not latinos but Mexicans get it right baby!

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

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!

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.

A proud descendent of a pachuco ✊🏾

Mexican-Americans weren't even counted separate like other ethnic groups. Instead, most were labeled "Caucasian" on their identity cards. So we will never know how many served.

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

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

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

Wish women never lost this level of class.

They sure dressed sharp

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

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

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!

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!

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

My grandma was one of those workers in a airplane factory

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

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!

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 🇲🇽❤️💪

That was my Mom Maria Rosuara Tovar

My grandfather was a pachuco from Texas.

Zoot suits started in chuco tx aka ELPASO

My grandfather was a bracero

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

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 !!!!!

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.

Sadly this is very “American” like

Now they disappear female latino soldiers like hot cakes

Orale ese!!

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

This reminds me of american me movie.

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

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

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

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. .

Thank you!

Watch the movie about the sleepy lagoon murder.

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😂

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

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

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

Pursue higher education my homes!

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)

Gracias Padre Celestial por otro día de Vida

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

Thats how santana from la primera was created

Who remembers Whittier Blvd??

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 .

The golden years

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

🇲🇽💯🤗👌

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.'

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

Bendiciones 🙏 Padre Celestial

I know this guy that comes out in this document ary

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

5:52 american me movie scene

Indeed We Are Seres Humanos

I'm a Tejano mexicano vaquero

It’s school!

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

Viva la raza

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 🙏

Nowadays everyone traded their Nike Cortez for air Jordans

2022 baby

Sailers or street pirates ,,is cause we dressed better than them jajajaja

Yup Mexicans hard workers

That sounds like benjamin bratt narrating lol

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

Fue por Envidia.

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.

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

I learned this history from American me.

This was dope 🔥🔥🔥

Haters. The injustice. To Americans.omg

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.😡

❤ 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.

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

Puro 🇲🇽🇲🇽

Know people of color at this point we’re not allowed to leave the parts of the city that they lived in. It might not have been legal for it to be that way. But if people of color were in a different part of the city, then the way people would murder them. I know because my uncle used to take me to his little man study. He on this really nice red couch and a painting of his wife Maria. Go to this big trunk that he had, and show me all his pictures and tell me all the stories. He said that he had a limp because he was up bitten by a potato bug had burned into his heel. And when they cut it out. It gave him like a limp.

Pachuco bailarin.

Pachuceto is the language

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