Latino youth make history in the City of Los Angeles as thousands of brave and politically aware students walk out of their high schools in protest of the proposed legislation on immigration. It is beautiful to see so many young people taking an active interest on what is going around the country. In an age of apathy, one has to wonder, where is MTV? MTV was nowhere in sight as thousands of Latino youth took their opinions to the streets and made their statements in one of the largest civic gatherings in the history of the United States. Viva USA! Viva Mexico!
People are very quick to criticize the presence of Mexican flags in these protests, but they do not realize that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans have lived under decades of prejudice and discrimination, constantly targeted by laws that seem neutral on the surface, only to reveal a discriminatory tone in their underbelly. The Mexican flags simply point out the elephant in the room.
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