Mexicans and Filipinos share common history in California

Posted on: April 11th, 2006
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“Although many people don’t know the names above and textbooks rarely mention them, they, just like César Chávez, were leaders in the movement in favor of the rights and better work conditions for farmworkers in the fields of California.

The difference? They were Filipino-Americans.

The reality is that Chicano leaders such as César Chávez and Dolores Huerta have become the names mentioned the most in the farmworker movement. Filipino leaders are hardly known.”

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