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I recently saw a documentary on Pachuco's. It indicated that it first
appeared around the 2nd world war in California, simply as a style statement
worn by many Mexican-Americans. Apparently, there was a confrontation between a
group of pachuco's and naval men - all started because the naval men were
interested in their women. This incident started a retaliation from the
naval men, who would come into the neighborhoods and beat the pachuco's
up. This, in turn, gave the pachuco's a bad reputation, as the press just
focused on their behavior, and of course they were the ones that were
arrested. The confrontations continued until the President of the US
ordered that the men were not to come off the ships. The tally of those
hurt were much more enormous towards the pachucos - something like 100 to
3. It is my understanding that after this, there was a movement for the
"gangs" to identify with the pachuco's - hence their later reputation.
Esperanza
Chicago area
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