One thing I hate about teaching myself history if my own Chicano culture, is how little I can find outside of major historical events.
Teaching myself the Zoo Suit Riots, and Operation Wetback (which happened fairly recently: 1954) and I already know what I’m learning is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Mexican-American presence is just so faint in American history, it reminds me of how when I was a little kid, I wondered why I couldn’t find people like me. It’s like we kind of don’t exist and are seen as recently important* to American society.
*Which even then I only see relevant to trends— like with the whole “Spa water,” or “Latino room” trends that annoy me slightly because being Mexican/Chicano isn’t something you can water down to trends.
UAGHH sorry for the ranting, I was just sharing my thoughts.