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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 throughout in L.A‚ California‚ throughout a amount once several immigrants arrived for the defense effort and new appointed‚ servicemen flooded Los Angeles. U.S sailors and marines attacked Mexican groups‚ recognizable by the zoot suits they favored and would always where‚ as being disloyal. Yank military personnel and Mexicans were the most parties within the riots; servicemen attacked some African yank and Filipino yank youths also‚

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    Maya Arce Period 6 3/20/13 Reading Response Questions 1. –Reviled: (Verb) Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. “Tom reviled after listening to a lecture that he didn’t agree with.” -Subversive: (Adjective) Seeking or intended to subvert and established system or institution. “The subversive prisoner approached the warden to speak his mind.” -Reconcile: (Verb) Restore friendly relations between. “She wanted to be reconciled with her mother.” -Rapacious: (Adjective) Aggressively

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    exclusive but limited to murals‚ paintings‚ music‚ and fashion‚ and that during the breadth of the Chicano movement these forms of artistic expression were an integral part of forming the cultural identity of the Chicano people. Jazz music‚ the Zoot suit‚ and urban graffiti also added to this formation and these elements combined created the revolutionary Chicano Movement. The search for the Chicano “identity” started around the 1920’s. The Mexican government commissioned Diego Rivera‚ David

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    affected Mexicans in the United States. Although there were some positive effects on a national level‚ most remembered are the negative ones that impacted the Mexican communities in Los Angeles‚ California. It is what became to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots. To understand the Mexican community’s point of view of their treatment during the riots‚ one first needs to

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    Introduction A space suit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space‚ vacuum and temperature extremes. Space suits are often worn inside spacecraft as a safety precaution in case of loss of cabin pressure‚ and are necessary for extra-vehicular activity (EVA)‚ work done outside spacecraft. Space suits have been worn for such work in Earth orbit‚ on the surface of theMoon‚ and en route back to Earth from the Moon. Modern space suits augment the basic pressure garment

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    Throughout my reading‚ I encountered several riots in which Whites were looked as Kings while other ethnicities were categorized as servants. This being said‚ I am led to believe that Whites were thought to be the Supreme ethnic group back in the early 1900’s. Two example riots include those of African-Americans &Mexican-Americans. Both African and Mexican ethnicities encountered harsh discrimination in early United States history. Countless numbers of men‚ women‚ and children were assaulted by

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    1940-1945 ( Social ) Mexican- Americans experience on the home front during WWII.....In Los Angeles‚ California a series of riots broke out that involved whites and latino youths running around wearing zoot suits. Army men stationed in Southern California did not like Latinos roaming around in suits that weren’t seen as suitable during wartime. Los Angeles‚ with the highest concentration of mexicans outside of Mexico‚ were separated into the worst and oldest parts of the city. In addition to that

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    Plays from African American‚ Latino-American‚ Asian American and European American cultures often deal with important and relevant issues pertinent to that culture but they also connect to all cultures in a universal way. Throughout history in America people of all races have been discriminated against. Immigrants have dealt with experiencing new ways of life and struggled with the tough decision of holding on to their culture or adapting to change. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African

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    Choose your friends wisely because they could be your fortune‚ or your downfall. In the Mass Arrest‚ the police arrests the Zoot Suit “gang” during the dance for the Sleepy Lagoon incident where Henry Rena and his friends were accused of murdering José. While situated in jail‚ the Pachuco tells Henry to not give up and fight back for his friends and family. In the Zoot Suit play‚ it shows a conversation between Pachuco and Henry‚ “Pachuco: Forget the war overseas‚ carnal! Your war is on the homefront

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    Rigoberto Rodriguez Professor Beeles SPA 281 April 26‚ 2016 The Emergence of the Zoot Suits In the early ’40s in Los Angeles‚ several factors made the city remain under stress‚ contributing to conflicts known as the Zoot Suit Riots. Decades of discrimination have forced the Mexican-American community to turn inward. By the 1940‚ LA 240‚000 Mexican-American lived in a series of neighborhoods called barrios. These communities were traditional‚ conservative and self-contained. During those years‚ segregations

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