“A lot of people don't realize the roots of Batman are really Latino. They don't go back to the bat god, the ones the Mayans had - they had one that was a "bat man," they had sculptures of him, literally they had bats down there - but the other, more relatively recent inspiration for Batman was Zorro. But Zorro was based on the California bandits. Joaquin Murrieta and Tiburico Vásquez.” PeopleMenInspirationRealizingRootsCaliforniaBatsSculptureLatinoBanditsZorroMayans Author:Luis Valdez
“A lot of the public responses are based on the prejudices and ignorance, they've been inherited from previous generations. California has always been a multicultural state, but the thing is, you've got to open your eyes and people in general need to get over their own prejudices.” PeopleNeedsStatesEyeGenerationsIgnorancePrejudiceResponseCaliforniaGet OverMulticulturalPrevious Generations Author:Luis Valdez
