American Me

American Me AMERICAN ME - DVD Movie, Brand Universal Studios
While this is one of my favorite movies, there were many scenes in it that bothered me. I was very pleased to finally see a good movie about Chicanos growing up in America. It's easy to look at these characters and call them stupid. However, one must keep in mind that they grew up in a place where they and their parents were hated because of their skin color. No, it doesn't justify joining a gang and selling drugs. But in the end, who is more wrong? Santana's parents were zoot suiters. I'm willing to bet a lot of people who watched this movie didn't even know what really happened to zoot suiters in those days (not that I'm saying this movie is a history book). I also realize there are always at least two sides to a story. But anyway, the so called "zoot suit riots" were about the "heroic" sailors beating these zoot suiters up (man...