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<v Speaker 1>In Texas monthly. When you grow up in Texas, you're

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<v Speaker 1>raised on the symbols that define this place. The heroes

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<v Speaker 1>of the Alamo Wildcatters in the whale field and the

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<v Speaker 1>Texas Rangers. No, not the baseball team. Instead, picture this

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<v Speaker 1>a stoic, steely eyed man with a silver star pinned

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<v Speaker 1>onto his shirt, riding his horse through brush land or

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<v Speaker 1>a scheme or high desert, and he's wearing a white

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<v Speaker 1>stetson hat. The Rangers' charisma is undeniable. They offer a

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<v Speaker 1>vision of Texans who are righteous, self reliant, principle and powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>When you went out with the Texas Rangers with the

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<v Speaker 2>white hat the fancy guns, the door would open and boil.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a man, woman, old person, young person. Everyone

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<v Speaker 2>would just kind of melt. You have something that is

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<v Speaker 2>iconic because of both the reality of the Rangers themselves

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<v Speaker 2>and the fact that they're this huge pop culture presence

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<v Speaker 2>that are out there.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're pretty much the archetype for the heroes of

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<v Speaker 1>old Western movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Rangers. Our mission is to stop the outlaw.

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<v Speaker 1>The Rangers were created two hundred years ago by Stephen F. Austin.

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<v Speaker 1>They rode into battle against the commanche. They helped Texas

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<v Speaker 1>wage of war secession against Mexico.

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<v Speaker 2>One Riot, one Ranger is still prophetic and still true today.

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<v Speaker 1>They were the men who finally brought outlaws like Bonnie

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<v Speaker 1>and Clyde to justice. But there's another part of that

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<v Speaker 1>history that gets left out. My name is Jack Arrera.

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<v Speaker 1>When I started tracing my family's roots along the border,

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<v Speaker 1>I talked with Texans about the Rangers. How for some

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<v Speaker 1>Texans the white Hats had become anonymous with justice and protection,

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<v Speaker 1>but how for other Texans those has mean something much different.

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<v Speaker 1>People were very vocal. They're like, we have an image

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<v Speaker 1>of what Texas is, who our heroes are, and we

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<v Speaker 1>don't want that tarnished or touched. Join me as we

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<v Speaker 1>hear true stories of battles and forgotten rebellions.

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<v Speaker 2>Hayes killed one of them, He knocked over two more

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<v Speaker 2>as they rose to their feet, as they rushed him,

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<v Speaker 2>he dropped one, and then another who fell head foremost

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<v Speaker 2>against his shins.

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<v Speaker 1>Stories of survival and of violent injustice, and so they

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<v Speaker 1>actually bring him out and across the street from us,

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<v Speaker 1>they set up eight men and actually set him there,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's like, okay, go ahead, and kill them. We

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<v Speaker 1>know that it was an injustice, and you just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of wonder will it ever be justified to the point

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<v Speaker 1>where you can live with it? And you can't of

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<v Speaker 1>a bloody era that created the social divisions we're still

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<v Speaker 1>living with today.

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<v Speaker 2>My family lying to me, or maybe ancestors were bad.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, how do I deal with this? How do

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<v Speaker 2>I reconcile what I'm being told at home and what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reading in the textbook.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just the massacre itself, but it's the injustice

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<v Speaker 1>of the failure to fully acknowledge and reckon with the

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<v Speaker 1>harm cause. This is a search for what defines Texas

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<v Speaker 1>and who gets to be Texan or American for that matter.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm someone who works from a framework that we all

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<v Speaker 1>have space to heal and to learn. This isn't just

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<v Speaker 1>a kumbayah, let's hold hands, but more of telling history

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<v Speaker 1>straight up, because we are living history and what it

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<v Speaker 1>means to live up to the Ranger ideal of justice

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<v Speaker 1>and honor.

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<v Speaker 2>Essentially, history start out with a moral philosophy of who

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<v Speaker 2>we are, good and bad, warts and all, and thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about how we could become better.

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<v Speaker 1>From Texas monthly. This is white Hats a story of

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<v Speaker 1>the Texas Rangers and a battle for the soul of Texas,

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<v Speaker 1>coming November fifteenth,