Greasers and Gringos Philip McElnay records in his journal the

records in his journal the struggles and successes of a carnival of characters

and implications of energy within the context of chemistry

or polemical diatribes

compassionate inquiry

Starr brings together a wide range of real-world examples

Greasers and Gringos Philip McElnay records in his journal theAlthough the origin of the term "greaser" is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser's Revenge (1914) and The Girl and the Greaser (1913) with villainous title characters, to John Steinbeck's portrayals of Latinos as lazy, drunken, and shiftless in his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, to the image of violent, criminal, drug using gang members of East LA, negative stereotypes of Latinos as have been plentiful in