For this latest episode of Latino Rebels Radio, we’re featuring one of the summer shows from our friends at the Latino Media Collective.
What can the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 teach us about anti-immigrant, anti-Latino sentiment in the U.S. today? Before today’s concept of “fake news,” how racist and inflammatory was yellow journalism during this dark period in California history? The LMC speaks withGerardo Licón on what we can learn from the riots.
Licón is an assistant professor in the Program of Latin American Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire.
Featured image: The Council for Latin American Youth sent this telegram to President Franklin Roosevelt urging his attention to the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles. (Public Domain)
[…] War II. My grandmother detested that he spent so much money on a suit. In context of the horrific Zoot Suit Riots, where Mexican American youth were violently attacked by white men. My grandfather wore the suit as […]