Zoot Suit Riot Research Paper

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PACHUCOS, The Mexican American Zoot Gang of the 1940s.

“100 years prior to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, Los Angeles, California belonged to Mexico. Businesses were conducted in Spanish and the streets held names such as Eternidad and Chapule (Zoot Suits Riot History, 2012). By the year 1942, the name, Nuestras Seora de Los Angeles was changed to Los Angeles and street names like Eternidad became Broadway, and Chapule became Pearl Street (Zoot Suits Riot History, 2012).”

The Streets are Buzzing, Mexican Americans Labeled Spies and Traitors.

According to Chicano History, during the 1940s, rumors surfaced in the streets of Los Angeles, California suggesting that the children of Mexican Americans were being manipulated into becoming spies for …show more content…
Pachuco at the time were like the phrase, young “punks” or “ill-mannered kids” (Zoot Suits Riot History, 2012). Tension among Caucasian and Mexican Americans increased upon the arrival of 50,000 Sailor Service Men. Due to the increased targeting of Mexican Americans, came the rise of resentment. Mexican American Youth, who were Pachucos, began to fight against those who stepped into what they deemed to be their territory. If Caucasian Sailors trespassed in their Barrios, “that meant they were looking for trouble (Zoot Suits Riot History, …show more content…
Sailors stripped several Zoot Suit Pachucos of their clothes, beat, and burned their clothes (Zoot Suit Riots History, 2012). “On June 8, 1943, Military Servicemen were given the order by Military authorities that the city was off limits (Zoot Suits Riot History, 2012).” The Zoot Suit Riots ended shortly after. Los Angeles banned individuals from wearing Zoot Suits and if they were caught, they would have to spend 30 days in jail. In response to the riots, the Governor of Los Angeles, California assigned a committee to oversee what caused the riots to transpire. “Mexican Americans point to the Riots of 1943 as the darkest day in their history in the city of Angels (Zoot Suits Riot History,
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