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George Lipsitz would most definitely disagree with this idea. As he pointed out in “Banda: The Hidden History of Greater Mexico,” Latino immigrants experienced many forms of hatred and discrimination in a country more or less thriving by their hard work at low wages, through government processes such as redlining and through the passing of Proposition 187 in 1994. Music can create a political space that allows for public inspiration, unity, and drive for change which is exactly the role banda played in these disenfranchised communities. The solidarity gifted by the banda movement allowed for masses of Mexican workers to come together as a community and mobilize politically, with "nonunion janitors, maids, garment workers, and restaurant employees
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