This exhibit, "You Just Take It For Granted When You're Growing Up": Filipino Cockfighting in the Pajaro Valley, explores cockfighting among Filipino manong in Watsonville and the greater Pajaro Valley during the twentieth century. It shows how manong practiced their cultural heritage and performed masculinity amidst intense racism and criminalization in the United States. The transnational sport of cockfighting fostered community among men in the Pajaro Valley, leading to intimate bonds between manong and their fighting roosters.

Please view the exhibit here: https://arcg.is/011qnr1