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In the reading Pocho by José Antonio Villarreal, Richard Rubio is conflicted of being accepted the newly arrived Mexicans in the town. Richard and his family live in Santa Clara California in his town is having a social change, many Mexicans are coming from the valley or southern California to southern Bay Area. Richard wanted to embrace their culture “Richard began to attend their dances and fiestas, in general, sought their company as mush as possible< for these were sa strange lot to him” ( Villarreal 241). These young Mexican teenagers bring their own set of culture to his town of Santa Clara Which is very similar to the style of Zooters. He abandon his morals that he grew up with and started dressing and talking in their new style
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