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The working-class Mexican residents have played a conflicted role in the constant growth & restructuring of Los Angeles' urban environment because they have been simultaneously at the geographic center & on the economic outskirts. Their labor has been essential to the city's growth while their homes & neighborhoods have often occupied land needed for development. They have struggled to protect themselves against the undesirable side effects of urban growth, as the overwhelming forces of capitalist urbanization have repeatedly threatened the vulnerable barrio. 62 References. A. Funderburg