TY - JOUR T1 - A healthy nation must include all who call this country their home JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 3 LP - 3 VL - 40 IS - 7 AU - Carmen Nevarez Y1 - 2010/09/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/40/7/3.1.abstract N2 - I spent my early years growing up on the brown side of the tracks. The Southern Pacific Railroad bifurcated my town, and the transition was dramatic. On my side, there were small houses with colorful flower bursts dotting the well-kept gardens. The paved roads dropped off after about two blocks from the main road through town, melting into hard, brown dirt roads scattered with gravel. We walked the few blocks to the bakery where you selected the slightly-sweet, colored breads off trays with tongs, or brought your saucepans on Saturday morning for “menudo,” a weekend favorite meal, or for steamy tortillas thrown in a stack and wrapped in pink paper to be carried home. ER -