Zoot Suit Riots (1942): PBS The American Experience

Zoot Suit Riots (1942): PBS The American Experience

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Why was the Mexican American community the central target of Navy and White Americans in Los Angeles?

What finally stopped the Servicemen riots? (Note: It should not be called Zootsuit riots because the Navy men started the whole thing)

How do you feel about the solidarity between the Mexican American and African American community during the Zootsuit riots?

Would this type of injustice ever happen again?

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Zoot suits riots
The Mexican American community was the central target of the Navy and white Americans because, first, they were the people who were wearing the zoot suits. Most of these Mexican American communities who wore these zoot suit was mostly involved in criminal activities. For instance, the sleepy lagoon murder in 1942 which made national news that time.

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