Differs due to western frontier focus as well as acceptance for all.
Oberlin College was established to train teachers and missionaries so they could train others on the frontier as the US moved westward. The college was open to all including African Americans and women. The college became a place for all to be educated regardless of color, sex, or financial status.
I, the barrio was the political base of many aspiring Tejano leaders who managed to achieve modest electoral successes because of the voter concentrations in the barrio
