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00:00They call him, El Maestro, teacher, activist, outcast.
00:18The semester is almost up and I was hoping we could plan a little Cinco de Mayo activity.
00:22Last September, a young Mexican man was shot and killed as he walked home from a party
00:26and with Cinco de Mayo on the horizon, I'm anticipating more of the same.
00:31This is a simple town, Mr. Valdez.
00:33They don't like outsiders.
00:34Have you ever thought about going to school at Mayo?
00:36Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:37You hold on right there, Edward James Olmos.
00:38It's been a year and a half since the boy was murdered and I think us as a community,
00:42we should demand answers.
00:43Why don't you leave the investigating to the authorities, professor?
00:47We are already seeing Mexican flags taken from homes and set on fire.
00:52This is an attack on Mexican and Mexican-American culture.
00:57We're living in a sensitive time right now and now this thing with this Mexican flag
01:01protest, it's getting a bit out of hand.
01:07I feel like a failure.
01:11I feel like I've let my students down.
01:12I just couldn't get into it.
01:13I was too...
01:14Mexican.
01:15Yeah.
01:16I think he's trying to make us feel guilty for not speaking Spanish or sticking up for
01:21illegal immigrants.
01:22We do not need to combat violence with violence.
01:25We speak, they will listen.
01:28It's really only a matter of time.
01:30Before what?
01:31Before you explode into violence.
01:32Did you hear that?
01:33What?
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02:15That's too sheriff!
02:16What are you doing to prevent a third?
02:17What you need to do is set up some roadblocks and start pulling over every Mexican you see.
02:18You're the last one of them.
02:19That's how you protect the town.
02:20Bloodlust.
02:26Hispanics are part Native American.
02:28Aztecs.
02:30The Aztecs used to feast
02:32on the blood and the bodily organs
02:34of their enemies.
02:38Oh, do you have plans for Cinco de Mayo?
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