From June 3, 1943 to June 8, 1943, American servicemen attacked mostly Mexican American youth (but also Black and Filipino youth), identifying their victims by their outfit: the Zoot Suit. Hundreds were arrested, but probably not who you were thinking.In this epiosde, Cristina tells Carmen about this dark event in US history.

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Sources

Zoot suit riots. (2002). In Infobase. Infobase. https://ezproxy.spl.org/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Faccess.infobase.com%2Fvideo%2F11960-zoot-suit-riots%3Faid%3D79331%26rak%3D1
https://www.history.com/articles/zoot-suit-riots
Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race and Riot in Wartime LA by Eduardo Obregon Pagan
The Woman in the Zoot Suit by Catherine S. Ramirez
The Zoot-Suit Riots: The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation by Mauricio Mazo
https://www.latimes.com/california/list/zoot-suit-riot-timeline-sleepy-lagoon-murder-trial

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