IT AINT A CONCERN, BUT IGNORANT PEOPLE WANT TO LAY CLAIM TO IT BEING EXCLUSIVE TO NORTENOS WHEN IN ALL REALITY! IT'S INTENTIONS WERE NEVER TO BE USED FOR GANG RELATED PURPOSES...IT ISNT UNCOMMON TO FIND MURALS OR ART WITH THE HUELGA BIRD HERE IN OC OR OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALI...ESPECIALLY IF THE ARTIST IS NON GANG RELATED OR BELIEVES IN THE MOVEMENT, OR PUT IT UP BEFORE IT WAS EVER ADOPTED BY ANY GANGS. MY UNCLE PAINTED THAT MURAL IN THE EARLY SIXTIES WHEN THE NF DIDNT EVEN EXIST AND THE HUELGA BIRD REPRESENTED THE PEOPLE NOT NORTENOS. BEING THAT I HAVE FAMILY IN IMPERIAL COUNTY WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE AGRICULTURE FIELD AROUND THAT TIME, I AM FULLY AWARE OF IT'S HISTORY. THIS SEASONAL WORK ALSO LEAD TO SOME OF MY FAMILY LOCATING TO TRACY AND PARTS UP NORTH. WHO ARE STILL THERE TO THIS DAY.
I JUST THINK IT'S A SHAME HOW IT GOT USED FOR ALL THE WRONG PURPOSES, AND TOTALLY GOES AGAINST WHAT IT'S ORIGINAL MANTRA WAS...I DONT THINK CESAR CHAVEZ WOULD HAVE SIGNED OFF ON IT BEING USED BY NORTENOS FOR GANG RELATED PURPOSES.