Luis Valdez's "Los Vendidos"

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The paper discusses the theme of the play and various critics' thoughts on the theme and meaning of the work. Luis Valdez writes about Chicano issues. He uses the play to point out the inhumanity of the people who hire Mexicans and how the administration ignores their problems. Critics have called it one of the most important Chicano plays ever to be written.

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""Los Vendidos" (the Sellouts) takes place on Honest Sancho's Used Mexican Lot, a "used car lot" that supplies Mexicans to government workers who need token brown-skinned people to fill various roles. Miss JIM-enez is a secretary looking for a Mexican for Governor Regan's office. Someone who will not stand out too much, but will show the Governor has a "brown-skinned" person on his staff. Dark, but not too dark, and suave. "Beige, just the tone" (Valdez). He will be beige in his politics too, a "yes" man to the white politicians who keep him around so they look good."

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