The Poachuco Generation

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I would like to research the pachuco generation. And I wish to further inquire whether they did in fact cause many issues in society. I would also like to further investigate society's perception of pachucos and the role of zoot suits in this perception. I chose this because I got a glimpse of pachuco’s history during my senior year of high school and I would like to learn more about their history and who they really were. I also feel that this is something the US hides in history which gravitates my interest further.

Questions I hope to answer and that interest me are: Why were the pachucos treated so badly? What role did their clothes have on the way they were being treated? Where did pachucos emerge from? Why were so many people arrested

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