Mexican American Neighborhood in Austin

This used to be a real Mexican American neighborhood and theres still a few folks sticking around. But look at the corporate image of most of the Rainey Street area. And this is a cool place in Austin? The Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) you see in the last pic is a repository of cultural knowledge and experience, but its also a poor replacement for a real Mexican neighborhood. Shifting people around with gentrification and segregation rules didnt support Mexican Americans. Pushing hard working people of color out of their traditional neighborhoods didnt help Mexican Americans. Do institutions like the MACC help? In the fourth picture down you see two well-dressed folks we overheard talking. And they're talking politics. About who would be a better candidate for some political office. These kinds of conversations have been happening for decades in Austin among Mexican Americans and progressives. The development of downtown to the detriment of working people and black and Latino folks is obvious from the scenes around Rainey Street and downtown and East Austin. What progress has been made and what social justice has arisen from the progressives in Austin?