AMST 101gmw Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: 38Th Street Gang, Zoot Suit Riots, South Los Angeles
3 Dec 2015
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The race relations between the european and american migrants with mexican migrants were tense. They considered the mexican americans to be unpatriotic and that led to the zoot suit riots in los angeles which spread to other cities in the. 38th street boys is a predominately hispanic street gang on the eastside of south. It was formed on 38th street between almeda st. and santa fe. Zoot suit was a cloth popularized by the african american and mexican american communities in america during the ww2 period. Since it used extra cloth and was t considered respectful during the war, it was a rebel sign for these supposedly. It symbolized unpatriotism and that led to a lot of abuse of the. Mexican american people by the hands of the law enforcement officers, especially in la. The justice system failed to provide an unbiased trial.
