David Quihuis:  

Weird finally learned and now understand my family and I have been activists. Never really thought of it that way. Because was raised it was just what we did, do the right thing. Today going into my 68th year of life being an activist still is harder, so hard. I have fought for over 61plus years of my life standing up to r a c i s t r h e t o r i c. Now I am tired no longer the young man I used to be and to fight all this r a c i s t s h i t in 2025 and beyond. Over 60+ years and it is worse now for people who look like me in 2025. It was better in 1965 at 6 years old because then I was listened too and heard. NOW? The pain my heart is breaking. Worse then in 1975-76 when we MHS endured forced busing. The fellow schoolmates who came to talk to me for solace that year almost broke me. To see some of these strong guys weeping when being called the names, brown & black. To this day still makes my tears well up. But now in 2025? Hi can I ask a serious question? Why am I back before 1964 before "1964 civil rights bill & 1965 voting rights act was passed? Being r a c i a l l y profiled and not allowed entrance to a Fry's Food Store in 2025 Safeway Store and other places by Black-Americans? Breaks my heart. This AZ normal. Why have so many Chicanos and other Hispanics chose to be "Cau casian? (white)" I chose to be a Chicano at 6 years old. When we moved to almost all Cau casian Neighborhood. My New School Teachers confronted me with that. And I said No! 6 years old in 1965, yea. After 1964 Civil Rights Bill & 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed! My parents said do be what you want to be.      Since all the name-calling began then in1965 in Maryvale.   Moved from downtown Phoenix, AZ. Where no problem there of what I looked like.              Share this question with other Hispanics especially dark-skinned Hispanics, please. Have Never understood that. hmmmmmmmm  H.S.girlfriend we were kids and we behaved like one .Me an idiot stopped hanging around most of my friends because "of duh?" I had a girlfriend.Sheesh a dummy forgot was a kid, lol. Wow found out one reason she was me "unbelievable!". Chose me to upset her r a c i s t parents because I am Mexican-American-Chicano. My H.S. sweetheart First Love, sad Have never told what her Father said to me after I turned 18? Have me arrested for stat****y r*** I freaked out. Changed me completely on how I would be with females. Scared me straight.Never dated anyone 18, 19, 20, 21 after that! We were together when I was a sophomore (15), she (14) freshman so kids but wow Learned some friends who are of the opposite s e x are just meant to be that "friends Taught it is what you do, not what you say Everybody does that talk! Big deal it means nothing. It's your works that are important. Not talking but doing;-) Standing up for what is right, is who I am. You all know that. And the trouble it has gotten me in at times. Even have lost jobs, family, friends, teammates, standing up for another & others. My senior year the rise of so much more h a t r e d ,r a c i s m and v i o l e n c e i was surrounded with from the forced busing. It was really bad compared to my freshman, sophomore, and junior years, whew. But don't know how to be any other way. And don't want to be ever! My elementary, junior high school, and high school years tough, so much damage out of school and in school. (personal stuff & Major e f f e d up traumatic childhood s e x u a l, verbal, emotional, physical etc. a b u s e s life I guess, MHS girlfriend never knew, no one knew no one til my 20's E f f e d up. Military changed me. Made me less. That's saying a lot considering where I was already. Learned is not for everyone. I chose the wrong field Meteorology could not move to another field stuck. That destroyed me I really liked the military. Just not my occupation. The Traumatic experiences from my job then, changed who I had been, forever. And really had no athlete friends except the ones,athletes of color. After junior year began hanging around BB teammates because we wanted a chance to win state!. And that changed after senior basketball season ended, No more teammates. They never had my back. Just wante...Expand for more