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the Mexican muralists such as Orozco, Rivera, and Siquieros. Orozco himself explained that his desire was "to champion only oppressed Mexicans through the influence of his art, "12 which is extremely similar to Casas' desire to help oppressed Mexican-Americans.

Humanscape 57, "Still-Life," contains a symbol of "all-America(n)," which is apple pie. Below the still life is depicted the most prominent symbol of America, the red, white, and blue flag. The letters "KKK" (Ku Klux Klan) superimposed on the flag demonstrate the suppression of the Mexican-American minority (as well as other minorities) by the American public. The Mexican-American minority is symbolized by an anonymous brown face covered with black hair above the words "Still-Life." The anonymous Mexican-American looks helpless and defenseless.

In Humanscape 62, Casas makes several puns on the word "Brownies." In the painting, there are several different types of "Brownies of the Southwest" presented. First of all, there are the "brownies" which are cookies. There is also represented a girl scout of the junior category, who is a "brownie." The other "brownies" present are as follows: the American Indian, whom Mel Casas considers the "nonperson"; several Mexican'Americans, who symbolize "the residual of the Mexican heritage in the Mexican-American";13 "Xolotl," who is the "Axtec god of rebirth, twins and monsters; the