Julián Castro Goes to Bat for Mom’s Chicano Activism

MRC Latino | March 21, 2019
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JULIAN CASTRO, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (D): I would say that she was a trailblazer. You know...

RAMOS: Yeah. Yes, she was, no?

CASTRO: I’ve always had this issue with people that label the chicano movement radical. Because, fundamentally, all they were asking for was to be able to participate in the system. And I see that as just fundamentally American- quintessentially American...trying to make sure that people could vote, that they could participate, that they could be a part of the country.   

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