Chicano Tattoos and The Pachuco Cross

In this behind the scenes clip from my upcoming film "American Homeboy," David "Compton" Oropeza shares his opinion about the pachuco cross and the evolution of Chicano tattoos. Download the Daily Chela app on IOS, Android, and Roku.
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[@davidgomez-tz4ij]

That Cross started in Juarez Mx crossed over to El Chuco Tejas in the 40’s…cross was dropped by later generations and became three dots

[@hugochavolla9242]

Texas always wanna take california style

[@dmail7066]

@@hugochavolla9242it’s other way around ..pachucos started in Texas ..Cali foos always wanna copy

[@pedrogarcia1351]

​​@@hugochavolla9242 nope we had the Chicano culture like in Cali the whole time..we from Chuco get hate from Texas cuz we want to be Cali....na bro we all Chicanos much love to Cali from Chuco...we all on this together g

[@LosAngelesjayz]

Cross and the three lines my crazy life and god protecting us Og southern Mex Symbol got it on my face god bless our culture and our raza ✝️🔵

[@angelchavez458]

MY DAD HAD THAT WENT WITH HIM TO DR OJOS ACROSS THE STREET FROM BOYS CLUB HE GOT IT CUT OUT AS,KED HIM WHY SOME DAY YOULL UNDERSTAND I DID HE WANTED TO BE A FAMILY MAN I WAS 7 SORRY DAD I CAUSED YOU PROMBLEMS SOMEDAY I HOPE YOU FOR GIVE ME

[@sreyna3000]

Did this cat tattoo hair on his head?😂

[@maxbray6819]

Yes he did 😅

[@biggmexx1819]

OG👊🏼

[@melonmalone6307]

i meet him in Los Vegas

[@RedWeddings1982]

Thanks for not showing a single example of said cross

[@redbrigade1955]

Chicago greaser gangs did this in the 1940’s-50’s

[@JorgeSianez-no6um]

And we been doing it long before that even our aztec ancestors got blasted up so your comment irrelevant

[@redbrigade1955]

So were mine dumb dumb and I ain’t even Mexican so ur comment is irrelevant

[@Prod.brownking956]

The only thing they did first was zoot suits. That was a gangster thing. We have our culture can’t nobody say we took it from anyone

[@JorgeSianez-no6um]

It's crazy how we had so much to do with tattooing but yet we don't got no show like black ink that shut shouldn't even be called that it should be called for what it is chicano ink crazy how the people calling white people culture vultures are literally taking our shit and even giving it another name 😮😢