My parents did not trust...There was a lot of mistrust...There was this skepticism about white people because of what they had gone through. And I didn't associate with any white people except when I got to junior high. (Carmen Lomas Garza)

My parents did not trust...There was a lot of mistrust...There was this skepticism about white people because of what they had gone through. And I didn't associate with any white people except when I got to junior high.

Carmen Lomas Garza

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