I feel as though I was deceived
I never found love in the city
I just sat in self-pity and cried in the car
Oh I just had a change of heart
Disneyland during rain, or fog, or darkness is my favorite, it truly looks like a hazy dream.
This has to be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
it’s always so funny learning about the Great Depression in grade school cuz they don’t ever talk about how latinx and Hispanic people were lowkey deported to Mexico even if they weren’t Mexican and how the depression was literally twice as worse for black people who were the first fired and last hired. like educators always report these tragedies by how they impacted whites UNLESS you are in a class like AA studies or something.
what the fuck I didn’t know this and I’m Latina
yeah basically the government was like “hey we can give you this one way trip to Mexico :)” and the population of Hispanic and latinx people dropped pretty sharply over that time. and after when people tried to come back they couldn’t
i never knew the first part until literally right now but if anyone wants to learn some more here’s an ebook on the subject
and regarding your tag! yeah when this topic is talked about it’s usually referred to as “mexican” because that was the group specifically being targeted but you know how the united states government tends to group all tan-dark skinned hispanic and latinx people as “mexican” so if you “looked mexican” there was a chance for deportation even if you were mexican american or not mexican at all.
The “repatriations” continued for years and picked up again with particular force after soldiers came back from WWII. Deportations didn’t just target Mexican or “Mexican-looking” latinx immigrants regardless of status, but also native-born US citizens and naturalized citizens. This was done with cooperation, in part, from the Mexican government who relocated displaced Mexicans into the national territory where many folk became laborers. But, many more were left at the border in communities where they had no ties and no means to support themselves.
