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Re: The Toy Book's report on LEGO 2001 (U.S.)
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lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 17 Mar 2001 03:21:26 GMT
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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.

--
William R Ward        hermit@bayview.com      http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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  Re: The Toy Book's report on LEGO 2001 (U.S.)
 
(...) Not a licensed theme that I know of. However, their PR department could use a bit of leg work (from a google search for "zooters", from some history site that I forgot to write down). Seeing as the zoot-suit gangsta rap fad just came and went, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)

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