#zoot suit riots

[indelicateink]

"On 3 June 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots began when some fifty white sailors in the U.S. Navy left their Armory headed to Alpine Street in Los Angeles and attacked young Mexican American children wearing zoot suits. They began by clubbing a group of twelve to thirteen year old boys, stripping them of their clothes and burning them in a pile. The mob was soon detained by the local Shore Patrol but after the arrival of a senior naval officer, they were released without charge.

"The following day, young Chicano men drove in front of the Armory hurling abuse at guards. Come nightfall, white sailors again headed out, this time to the Mexican American area of East Los Angeles, attacking people in the streets and in bars and theaters. Over the next few days, many other servicemen joined the attacks.

"The vigilantes were praised by the press, while police arrested the victims of the attacks rather than the perpetrators. LA city council even tried to ban the wearing of the suits.

"Meanwhile, Black and Mexican zoot suit-wearers, including groups of women known as Pachucas, like the Slick Chicks and Black Widows, organized themselves and fought back. As clashes in Los Angeles faded, they began to break out in New York, Philadelphia and Detroit, the latter after attacks on Black zoot suiters. Within weeks Detroit exploded in its worst ever race riots to date.

"At the time, zoot suits that were a symbol of Black and Mexican working class pride, defiance and rebellion. This is a history of the riots: https://libcom.org/history/zoot-suit-rebellion "

#zoot suit riots #racism #race riots

[playitagin]

1943-Zoot Suit Riots

In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.

#Jun.3.1943 #Zoot Suit Riots #Los Angeles #California #history today

[giannic]

#August1940 #Zoot Suit Riots #los angeles #racism #White Supremacy #Youtube

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

The Zoot Suit Riots, a series of violent confrontations between Latino and Black youths and members of the U.S. military, began on June 3, 1943, in Los Angeles, California.

Subscriber Content Add content here that will only be visible to your subscribers. Payment Image: Victims of the Zoot Suit Riots, where groups of servicemen scoured the streets in Los Angeles looking for and attacking individuals wearing zoot suits (June 1943). The servicemen blamed the Mexican American pachucos for numerous unprovoked assaults on their colleagues. (Public Domain) On this day…

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#1940s #African Americans #California #History Daily #Latinos #Los Angeles #Riots #Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial #US Servicemen #Zoot Suit Riots

[ay-foolia]

The zoot suit riots of 1943 ( Los Angeles)

#foolia #pachuco #chicano culture #zoot suit #stylo #remember #la riots #los angeles #calles

[phoenixyfriend]

Just misheard a song

What they said: sailors What I heard: Seders

What they said: and they’re on leave What I heard: in a tree

The line: It's two sailors and they're on leave.

What I imagined: Two Seders' worth of of Orthodox Jews in the branches of a large apple tree.

#mondegreens #zoot suit riot #mishearing songs #phoenix talks #I'm hesitant to tag this as judaism but have at ye

[versus-weird-al]

Please listen to both songs before you vote!

"Zoot Suit Riot"

"Grapefruit Diet"

#weird al #weird al yankovic #versus weird al #vs weird al #polls #music #zoot suit riot #cherry poppin daddies #grapefruit diet #Youtube

[ask-sebastian]

#sebastian's musical owls #90s #zoot suit riot - cherry poppin' daddies

[lady-assnali]

I was tagged by @roxy206 to post 5 songs I actually listen to. I’m a high energy music person but I threw in She because it’s one of my most favorite songs of all time.

Now! I tag @jinkx-monswoon @sexynetra and @thecollectionsof if you want to!

#miss Americana has been my go-to to scream lately #but ABBA is my all-time favorite #honorable mention goes to Tiny Dancer by Elton John #also Gloria Estefan queen of my childhood #Donna Summer and Spice Girls and B*Witched #also the song Zoot Suit Riot was one of my favorite songs as a child my dad used to play it in his car all the time and snap along silly #Spotify

[baguetttes]

Noe Vasquez (left) and Joe Vasquez, June 10th 1943

taken at the Los Angeles police station, after they’d been attacked and had their ‘zoot suits’ shredded by sailors, during the Zoot Suit Riots 

#zoot suit #zoot suit riot #zooty #zooted #1940s #black and white #swag #real #these boys got slashed for their zootsuits #i find them quite beautiful tho

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Les partisans du 'zoot-suit' restent calmes," La Patrie. July 25, 1943. Page 43. ---- Les zoot-suiters ne sont pas apparus à la danse dans la rue qui eut lieu, vendredi soir, au Square Richmond, sous le patronage du conseiller Frank Hanley et en faveur de la vente de timbres d'épargne de guerre. On avait craint que la même expérience qu'à Rosemont, оu les partisans du zoot-suit ont causé une bagarre, ne survint à cette danse en plein air, mais le conseiller Hanley avait averti charitablement les zoot-suiters qu'ils s'exposaient à prendre un bain dans le canal de Lachine, s'ils tentaient d'y causer du désordre. Antoni Dicario et le conseiller Hanley, en avant, sont en train d'acheter des timbres des Miss Canadas qui ont donné leur temps gratuitement pour aider cette oeuvre admirable. (Photo la Patrie.)

#montreal #zoot suit #zoot suit riot #reactionary politics #fundraising event #war bonds #war bond campaign #war on youth #youth in revolt #rosemont #canadian sailors #world war ii #canada during world war 2

[scriobh-an-iontas]

And now, for your Pride enjoyment, I present to you:

"Stonewall Riot"

<Sung to the tune of "Zoot Suit Riot">

+++++

[Verse 1]

Who’s that senator standin’ tall,

It’s Joe McCarthy and he hates us all,

Commies, anarchists, leftists, and queers,

Our rights were stripped, we lived in fear.

[Pre-Chorus 1]

A ma-fi-a owned dance hall,

Is where we went to play

The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich,

They didn’t care if we were gay.

[Chorus 1]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Blow daddy!

[Verse 2]

A-raid gone wrong's where it began,

The N Y P D didn't understand,

We weren't just sheep, merely in a haze,

But once we came to we quickly got enraged

[Pre-Chorus 2]

The ri-ots last-ed days,

Our community unfurled,

Later, queers would say it was

“The brick thrown round the world”

[Chorus 2]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

[Bridge]

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

<Skat-like>

Here at Pri-ide now,

Leather daddy’s ok,

Trans folk and a-specs,

Non-binary display!

Get your kink on

Lesbians, Bi’s, and Gays,

Intersex is welcome,

But cops stay away!

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Oh, the fight, it still ain't done

But we're-through hidin' behind-closed-doors

Cause-we've stood all we can stands

And we just can't stands no more!

[Chorus 1]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

[Outro]

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

(I think I'm about ready for Pride now)

#pride month #Zoot Suit Riot #the brick thrown round the world #stonewall inn #Stonewall Riot #protest #queer rights #queer #parody song #I'm not sure if it's a parody or not #but I'm pretty proud of it #queer history

[cpluscomics]

A villain in Teen Justice Academy! She summons stylish mannequins to do her bidding.

Art by @mishaweha

#illustration #cpluscontent #teen justice academy #tja #masks rpg #character design #zoot suit riot

[valen-dreth]

STOPPP i havent even listened obsessively to total eclipse of the heart on this machine yet

#this was off lyrics to either pink elephant or zoot suit riot so nowhere NEAR related 😭

[qupritsuvwix]

#crt #1943 #los angeles #zoot suit #pachucos #round up the usual suspects #riots #us navy

[whitesinhistory]

White Mobs Attack Latino Youth in Los Angeles “Zoot Suit Riots”

On May 30, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, white soldiers targeted Latino youth in a series of violent attacks that became known as the Zoot Suit Riots.

World War II fueled a 1943 population influx into Los Angeles, California, that coincided with an increase in petty crime. White residents blamed Latino youth, who often wore distinctive, colorful garments known as “zoot suits.” Many members of the military stationed in Los Angeles were also hostile to wearers of zoot suits, which they viewed as an affront to wartime rationing policies.

On May 30, a group of white soldiers got into a scuffle with some Latino youth—that small conflict sparked a violent and widespread riot. White sailors and soldiers spread throughout Los Angeles attacking any Latino youth wearing zoot suits, beating them with belt buckles and ropes and stripping them of their clothes. Law enforcement did not intervene in support of the Latino victims and instead charged them with vagrancy, while Los Angeles newspapers encouraged the violence and portrayed Latino youth as deserving of brutal treatment.

Critical observers, including those in the Black press, rejected the crime-control justifications for the attacks and linked “zoot suit” violence to historical prejudice against people of color in the U.S. "Zoot Riots are Race Riots," declared a July 1943 article in The Crisis, a magazine published by the NAACP.

Incidents similar to these riots later occurred in cities throughout the U.S., as white members of the military and white employees of military contractors targeted Black and Latino youth with violence. By one estimate, 242 instances of racial violence occurred in 47 American cities in 1943 alone.

#history #white history #us history #Hispanic history #Latin history #latino #Los Angeles #California #white soldier #white soldiers #soldiers #usa #republicans #zoot suits #Race Riots #riots #white supremacy #zoot riots #1943 #may 30 1943