Banned from their farms and forced to work as laborers, Mexicans had to fight for the equal rights they knew they deserved. Before the Great Depression, many Mexicans, skilled in agriculture, owned large ranches that they controlled. When the Depression hit America in the 1930s, many of these ranch owners lost their land. Forced to work to keep the family afloat, they had to become humble laborers for a white farmer. While Asian workers were once the main ethnic group employed in the agricultural sector, Mexicans now dominate the sector. Over the years, activists have created labor reforms, however, fair labor advocates have continued to overlook the plight of agricultural workers. The main reason for the neglect was due to the ethnicity of the agricultural workers. Mexicans seen as second-class citizens faced constant discrimination. Racists called them “dirty Mexicans” and often described them as lazy and stupid. They faced discrimination similar to that faced by African Americans. Banned from some places, Mexican children had to attend a separate school, usually a decrepit building. Several Mexican men worked together to try to combat discrimination in their social world and workplace. In the 1960s and 1970s, César Chávez decided to fight for equal working conditions. His family owned a large ranch but lost it during the Great Depression and they had to become migrant farm workers. Chávez understood the hardships of a farm worker, he lived that life, but now he planned to change the lives of farm workers. Chávez knew it would not be an easy fight and needed solidarity to even have a chance of success. Chávez embraced Mexican culture by trying to encourage people to join the cause. Suffering from mid-paper discrimination, he knew that the best way to engage agricultural workers was to embrace the collective identity cherished by Mexicans. He first made a flag to symbolize his cause. He then used religion to encourage more people to join. However, the main reason the Mexicans joined his cause was because they trusted him; he was one of them. He spoke Spanish, was uneducated and, above all, was a farm laborer just like them. Chávez used them to encourage people to join his cause and consequently succeeded. Growers signed contracts with agricultural workers for fair wages and working conditions. César Chávez dedicated his life to improving the lives of countless Mexican Americans. He did not give up until all Mexican Americans received the same rights as white workers. Today, people remember Chávez as the man who orchestrated the most successful agricultural workers' revolution.