Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Zoot Suit Riots

38st Gang




Zoot Suit Riots

By Tyson Brittain

and Orlando Carreno


Originally the zoot suit cultures was initially an african american youth fashion, wery connected to the jazz culture. The zoot suit was abdopted by a generation of mexican american kids, who made it their own.The Zoot Suit Roits was when Tensions Between Serivicemen Stationed in the southern california and los angeles community. A group of white sailer went a bet up a group of young latinos.
The 38st gang was the group that had it the hardest becaused the lived the closets. Any one with a zoot suit was the ones that the service men were attacking and killing.

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