When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn't expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But they did. We were outsiders because of geography and outcasts because we didn't speak English and wore short pants. And so we had to fight every single day.


p. 77. - Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972)

Oscar Zeta Acosta Quotes

When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn't expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But...

When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn't expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But...

When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn't expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But...

When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn't expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But...