Boyle Heights Barrios

I used to live in Cesar Chavez street, moved out around 1996 . Went to Sheridan St School. Wonder if any of my elementary friend live there. Haven’t been back since then

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I will say this about Boyle Heights. To live there is a unique experience. It is known for its Mexican culture which makes everyone feel at home. However it is a stagnant society both economically and socially. I also find this place to very dirty because of air pollution and it is very densely populated. However this is not the main reason why I am writing this comment so read below.







Most people in Boyle Heights do not speak English.

Apart from the adult and teen immigrants, even the people born here and very young immigrants in the place are affected. Because the schools have poor funding or misplaced assets, a politicized ESL program, and a community that emphasizes Mexican culture and follows its current events, not everyone is going to be proficient in English. The people that are proficiently bilingual have made their personal decision to do so and only they can deliver the answer of why. As for the rest of them, let me say this: Any person that took ESL can at a minimum have conversational skills. However as far as being on parity with even with "average" native speakers of English, they are below the standard. I guess the answer for their mediocrity in English is that the school system never explained why understanding the language well was ever important for them. They were just going through the motions, learning incrementally, and then stopped prematurely and believed by just speaking the language alone was "good enough" for them. However, they were never completely confident in their English skills and thus they continue to live in barrios. They didn't go to four-year colleges. Instead, they apply themselves to vocational schools and learned a trade just like recent immigrants.
Nevertheless, whether they are proficient or not, English is seldom heard in public and well as private areas. The reason is for virtually all Mexican Americans and to later extend Hispanic Americans, the schools never encouraged them to speak the language on a daily basis. For the Hispanics, English was associated with schools and institutions. As in any institution, if anyone wants to remain in good standing, one just simply follows the rules and regulations. Thus, that was it. There was nobody telling them what you can do in their private time; not at all. As a result, there is not one Hispanic individual (a word they don't use but I have chosen) in Boyle Heights or its sister community East Los Angeles who is a native speaker of English or learned Spanish later in life. I absolutely sure of it. This ranges from immigrant to even the grandchildren of them. This explains the power and influence of Spanish and how secondary English has become.
So that is all I have to say. Tell me what you think about my commentary. I will respond quickly.

Can you do this one all over again i bet i can do it way better then that man he didnt even do it right smh

Thank you so much for taking me back to some of the places I grew up around I think you guys did a good job. THank you.

Of all the vlogs I've watched this is the best one. This guy is very knowledgeable, his love for his neighborhood clearly shows.

They had just started building the 6th street bridge… today, it is finished lol

This was good u should do more LA Mexican hoods like Huntington park watts area

Who do these "gangs" think they are? These parks do NOT belong to you. These parks are for everyone. Don't go around tagging something that is not yours. Don't you have pride in your neighborhood? Looks so ghetto when you go into a neighborhood and see graffiti and tagging.

$900 for rent in that hell hole? You can get something else farther away in a nicer area for that amount. Who would want to live here? And why?

Much love bro I know everything you're talking about I grew up in east Los and everything you're mentioning is on point from the streets to the school to everything in east Los love my hometown east Los✌️

Batos locos forever papi

americans is racists

Why does he have braids that not east los

Shout out to tha Big Mr. Flapjacks from White Fence!

bro is the epitome of american youth you grow up and slowly the older you get the more you respect where you came from and landmarks in the community

Yo no sabos

¡Gracias!

I just have to say parking is hard in the hood!

What's up with that hair? Lol!!

Thats all you foos know

My hood love Boyle heights and east la always hold a special place in my heart. My dad still calls Chavez la Brooklyn.

Great Job Fellas, Grew Up Next To Evergreen & Malabar. 💪

You're a great storyteller and this tour is really fascinating; thank you and g'day from Australia. Hope I can visit Boyle Heights one day!

Funny this dude from Boyle Hts but has braids! Clown!

Hey the Chaka tag that’s my boy right there

This dude is a well-spoken, knowledgeable historian of Boyle Heights. Thanks for posting such an informative tour!!!

Great stuff man. I grew up in LA. Thanks!

I. Couldn't stop listening once I started watching great job homie 👍

v. B"H T S 1 3 Mr.Stoner~R.i.p BOXER 🕊️

You represented Boyle Hts well..

FINALLY!! A well put together video of a bunch of neighborhoods of gangs without all the tough guy bullshit and trying to say who's tougher than who. Definitely infomative and thought out. Thank You!

This guy was very informative!💯%
God bless him!!!! 2024✌️

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I was born and raised in Boyle Heights! My parents moved us out of there after one of my cousins got killed in a drive by. As a mother, I would NEVER want my kids to live there. I’m so glad we got out of there.

Good job Young Man. Keep it up

I know that area all too well .
I lived on Ganale, n/of Wabash e/ od Soto

Nice video. LA culture is fascinating.

Super captivating! I rode through Boyle Heights, on accident, during 4/20 weekend (2024) and INSTANTLY researched the neighborhood. ❤

This is close to where the Mexicans told me about the electronic interference weapon that the LAPD Bandidos and the KKK Sheriffs in Los Angeles used to shoot down Kobe Bryant’s helicopter. The prison gang did not invent that weapon. They get weapons handed down to them by the military industrial complex. They also have the deepfake virus that can rewrite old songs, old videos and even news articles. It’s a bunch of fools that drop out of school early and can barely even fight. They turn their kids into tweakers to make them fight. They don’t have the technical skills to invent anything like that.

OG Chaka hit up! If you dont know look him up ✊

It's an honor to be born in Boyle Heights East Los ❤

The guy has a crip/blood hairdo but talks like a white kat

es rascals Aliso sniper is a rapist Pedaphile crackhead Robert Estrada 12-27-1971 BEWARE

I was born in Salinas California and grew up in San Jose but love to visit los Angeles my grand father is from Guadalajara mexico he went through los Angeles before settling in Monterey