The only part that was confusing to me is, whether if it was to El Pachuco whom had he's clothes torn off. So far this scene just proofs also what has happened to Henry Reyna and his gang, that the press has been manipulating the situation, making everything seem that, Mexicans are dangerous, wild, while in reality it had been the sailors who started everything.
"The sailors go back to Bertha and Lupe who resist. Cholo and Rudy go to their defense and a fight develops." (script pg. 79)
This part of the script proves how the "zooters" only have wanted to protect their own, the whites/sailors have been the problem this whole time. Whites were the ones to have started the Zoot-Suiter war, whites believed that they could do whatever they want, while all that the zooters have attempted to do is just protect their own. This script just contribute to the hate that whites and the press have for zooters/"minorities" but besides this it doesn't contribute to anything else, except just a hate theme from behalf of whites.
Question: What was the purpose of El Pachuco for showing this scene to Henry?
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I believe that the reason why El Pachuco showed this specific scene to Henry was to show him that not everything on the "outside world" was perfect, and that the violence against Pachucos had not yet ceased, and that even the Pachuco humself could not escape the hurtful blows of the riots.
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