The history of Oaxacan culture in Los Angeles is an example of the impact that Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Indigenous people have had in the United States. For so long, Mexican culture has been suppressed and rejected, unless it fit the American ideal (which it usually did not). In “ Citizens of the Past?: Olvera Street and the Construction of Race and History in 1930s Los Angeles” by Phoebe Kropp, we see how Mexican culture was perceived and romanticized by Anglos. Despite the control that Anglos had over this space, Mexicans-Americans eventually reclaimed the space by developing their businesses and using Olvera Street as a social and political space. Looking at Oaxacan restaurants, markets and other shops in Los Angeles, they are a representation of the impact Mexican, Mexican-Americans and Indigenous culture has had in the United States. While not located in a single space (Oaxacan spaces are quite spread out), the creation of restaurants, markets, and shops demonstrates ...
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