Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10

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INTERVIEW: Jesus and Agapito Castillo Page 22 Jess: at least to some degree are with it, but the Utah Chicano is just lagging. And ah, I think it's more, I think the problem is that the Utah Chicano is not aware and is not really into it, but first of all he doesn't feel these different type of situations and that's why the Utah Chicano is way behind Texas, Colorado and California and Arizona they're not as effective that much. The only people who are really effective in the state of Utah is the migrant. VM: Mr. Castillo, you, Jess, now has come into contact with the younger Chicano, now in your own working or your own association with other Mexicans from Colorado, New Mexico and Texas or Mexico, what type of attitude you find among them, how do they feel the other Mexicans you know towards the movement, the Chicano movement. JC: Well, all of them, they know that, that one has to do a bit more for La Raza, because they know wherever they are, like at work, we see that we are below the others, no matter what work. Like the job I have now, the others like in the union I don't know how any are in the union, the others in the union say that we have to get more Mexicans in the union and work because like in our work they don't want many to come in, the Americans want it only for themselves. They don't want Mexicans, what for they say, when we have to give the chance