And the formation of racial ideas and the classification of groups began to develop. In particular, he ranked “whites” first precisely because we are in their territory. During his first time in this country, my father began to notice the little things people did to hide their origins. He recalls a specific event that happened in Los Angeles, California with one of his former co-workers. The fact that his colleague presented himself as 'Spanish' to the rest of the team when in reality my father knew that he was just like him a person born and raised in Mexico. That was a turning point in my father's life and revealed that he had always followed his roots and was never ashamed of who he was