The social issues that are being addressed from this piece is the prejudices the mexicans faced in America. How White America views Mexican people’s flaws and uses them against people of Mexican origin or descent, judging them only by the flaws, Selling Mexicans to White America. This play shows the very misconceptions that americans have towards the mexican. In a way, this play is a form of resistance for mexicans and chicanos and a “slap in the face” to Americans to get them to reflect, as well alter, their viewpoints towards Mexican-Americans. Each one of the characters traits are motifs made by Valdez to conform the very essence of mexican folk culture
