CENTRO CULTURAL DE LA RAZA
OBJECTIVE: The "Centro Cultural de la Raza" has murals and paintings on chicano subjects. This place used to be a water storage 40 years ago, but they made it into a place to learn about your roots, even if your not latino or chicano. The main mural here took 15 years to finish The artist only planned part of the mural, but added as he went along. He painted with a team, not just by himself. The mural consists of a dark side, a middle side that connects light and dark, and a light side.
SUBJECTIVE: What I think about this mural and the art gallery may be different than what you think. I think it was intended to make people accept the Mexican and latino culture in a way. Also, I believe that it may have to do with mexican americans that don't know about their roots. I personally think it was interesting because the mural had lots of images that looked like it told a story. When you see it, you may think they're just random pictures fused with other pictures, but when you learn about it, you see the hard work and effort put into it.
SUBJECTIVE: What I think about this mural and the art gallery may be different than what you think. I think it was intended to make people accept the Mexican and latino culture in a way. Also, I believe that it may have to do with mexican americans that don't know about their roots. I personally think it was interesting because the mural had lots of images that looked like it told a story. When you see it, you may think they're just random pictures fused with other pictures, but when you learn about it, you see the hard work and effort put into it.
CHICANO PARK
OBJECTIVE: Chicano park used to be a mexican-american community. Unfortunately, junk dealers, repair shops, and other harmful businesses moved in next to the people's homes. This caused a tremendous amount of air pollution and loud noises. This resulted in people getting ill from all of the rumble. After some debating, they made a park, because companies didn't want to take blame from the people's angry reactions. They started painting the murals here and there, little by little. Eventually, chicano park was born. Now, it is a nice cultural place the whole family can enjoy.
SUBJECTIVE: I think that chicano park is a very cultural place. Many people criticize chicano park because they think that it is all based on mexicans and not other races. This is not true because it involves many cultures and points of view. Our guide explained to us that a Japanese woman painted almost a whole mural. The stories painted on the murals clearly show the unity and history of many races. The tour guides explained the history very well. This is why I liked chicano park.
SUBJECTIVE: I think that chicano park is a very cultural place. Many people criticize chicano park because they think that it is all based on mexicans and not other races. This is not true because it involves many cultures and points of view. Our guide explained to us that a Japanese woman painted almost a whole mural. The stories painted on the murals clearly show the unity and history of many races. The tour guides explained the history very well. This is why I liked chicano park.