La Opinion an it's reaction to the Zoot Suit Riots - a podcast by Allen Perez

The Zoot Riots of the 1940's were a series of clashes between white U.S. servicemen based in Los Angeles, California and Mexican American youth who lived in the city as well. While it is certain that racism and nativism on behalf of the U.S. servicemen was the main cause of what took place, the Spanish language newspaper La Opinion , instead tries to present an argument which challenges the Mexican American community to reflect on the state of Mexican American youth.  La Opinion would dare to ask the questions that many in the Mexican American community might have been asking themselves once these events had taken place. 

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