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"Paul Gyugyi" <paul@gyugyi.com> writes:
> ===begin quote===
> Meanwhile, a police official had written a report claiming that
> violent crime was a Mexican racial characteristic. The white public was
> especially apprehensive about so-called zooters, young men who wore
> distinctive outfits with broad-brimmed hats, very long coats, and tightly
> pegged pants -- zoot suits.
> The report helped spark six days of rioting in June 1943. Gangs made
> up mainly of sailors beat up all the zooters and suspected zooters they
> could find. The rioting stopped only when the Navy declared the city of Los
> Angeles off limits.
> Americans were dying in a war against racists, but racism remained
> strong in America.
> ===end quote===
Cf: the excellent movie "Zoot Suit" from 1981, a musical drama
starring Edward James Olmos and Tyle Daly, among others. Should be at
finer video stores everywhere.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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