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	Zoot Suit Riots - Definition, explanation
		The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youth gangs headed by pachucos, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored.
		In response to the riots Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in her weekly column about the problems faced by the Mexican American community as a result of racism in the United States.
		There was also a murder mystery novel called The Zoot Suit Murders by Thomas Sanchez which employed the riots as a backdrop to the main mystery.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/z/zo/zoot_suit_riots.php (486 words)

	The Zoot-Suit and Style Warfare
		The zoot-suit was a refusal: a subcultural gesture that refused to concede to the manners of subservience.
		Zoot meant something worn or performed in an extravagant style, and since many young fls wore suits with outrageously padded shoulders and trousers that were fiercely tapered at the ankles, the term zoot-suit passed into everyday usage.
		The outcome of the Zoot-Suit Riots was an inadequate.
	invention.smithsonian.org /centerpieces/whole_cloth/u7sf/u7materials/cosgrove.html (5747 words)

	BrownPride.com : History
		The term "zoot suit" sounded familiar to people, but most would not be able to say what a zoot suit was or what the riots were.
		After the riots were over the official version of the riots by the city of Los Angeles and the county of Los Angeles was that the U.S. servicemen acted in self defense.
		The Zoot Suit Riots and the other events around this time were a racist attack on a group of people because of what they looked like and because of what they wore.
	www.brownpride.com /history/history.asp?a=losangeles/zootsuitriots (2048 words)

	zoot - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		A zoot suit is a style of clothing popularized by African Americans and Mexican Americans in the late 1930s and 1940s.
		A zoot suit or Zooty is also the term given to a style of rowing clothing in...
		The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youths, recognized...
	encarta.msn.com /zoot.html (162 words)

	Zoot suit Summary
		Zoot suits first gained popularity in Harlem jazz culture in the late 1930s where they were called "drapes".
		Zoot Suits were satirized by Al Capp in 1943 in the comic strip Li'l Abner, in which Abner Yokum appeared as "Zoot Suit Yokum," a gullible but near-indestructible man chosen by a clothing manufacturer to serve as role model for white youth through dangerous, staged heroic feats.
		Zoot Suit is also the name of a musical play by written by Luis Valdez, featuring music from Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." When it debuted in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.
	www.bookrags.com /Zoot_suit (1333 words)

	Suit from Fan Fashion: The Zoot Suit Riots
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		Severe suits with wide range of clothing is adequate for prolonged periods, ZOOT SUIT THE RIOTS it is, few parts of fetish, such as the course of status the riots suit zoot and have adopted by.
	suit.fanfashion.org /the-zoot-suit-riots.html (1704 words)

	"We're Looking for Zoot-Suits to Burn": Mexican Americans and the Zoot Suit Riots
		While the exact origin of the loose-fitting “zoot suit,” worn by Mexican-American and African-American youths in the 1940s, is obscure, its most important roots were among Mexican-American youths, or pachucos.
		Wartime rationing regulations effectively banned zoot suits because they ostensibly wasted fabric, so a combination of patriotism and racism impelled white soldiers to denounce Mexican-American wearers of the zoot suit as slackers and hoodlums.
		These anti-Mexican riots often featured the ritualistic stripping of the zoot suiters.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/5156 (509 words)

	Zoot
		Zoot Suit A zoot-suit is a long, colorful, extravagant suit that originated in Harlem in the 1930’s.
		The suit, known by its flashy look, has pants that are very wide and a jacket that is oversized, often going all the way down to the knees.
		These riots were a fight of the oppressed urban fl culture (and other oppressed cultures) against the everyday injustices and brutality that they were faced with.
	www.penncharter.com /Content/academics/us/Studentgallery/HarlemEncyclo/z/zoot.html (479 words)

	Mexicankaoz.net/Zoot Suiters
		The zoot suit is said to have been first popularized by jazz musicians in the late 1920s and early 30s, but by the 40s young working class Mexicanos redefined the fashion, molding it into something uniquely their own.
		In the end, hundreds of zoot suiters and other Mexicans who weren't even part of the zoots, were arrested for "public disturbance," while their attackers were given a simple slap on the wrist.
		Ironically, the zoot suit, which was once considered a threat to the social fabric of America, is today a much sought-after fad, embraced worldwide thanks to the swing craze that swept through the nation in the mid-90s.
	www.angelfire.com /la3/mex1/pachuco.html (471 words)

	Zoot Suit Riot's Film (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zoot Suit Riots Film Feels Appropriate Today Documentary Examines Racial Profiling During World War II 1943 Los Angeles erupts into the worst violence in its history as one murder incites a police dragnet that lands more than 600 Mexican-American youths in jail.
		In the streets, Anglo servicemen gather nightly to corral Mexican-American men wearing the infamous Zoot Suit, considered unpatriotic and not in line with the "War Effort." The youths were stripped and their clothes burnt on the streets as LAPD stood by.
		"Zoot Suit Riots" is the first major documentary on the subject and contains evocative original photography, archival footage and interviews with a wide variety of eyewitnesses.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/february01-02/ZOOT.HTM (1289 words)

	The Zoot Suit Riots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		What is known as the "Zoot Suit Riots" occurred between the gangs of predominantly fl and Mexican youths who were at the forefront of the zoot-suit subculture, and the predominantly white American servicemen stationed along the Pacific coast.
		On this and the following nights, many a zoot suiters were beaten by this mob and stripped of their clothes, their zoot suits, on the spot.
		In Los Angelas County, a result of the riots was the enactment of a law prohibiting the wearing of a Zoot Suit within the county limits.
	www.just-the-swing.com /his/zoot-suit-riots (1777 words)

	Zoot Suit \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zoot the word is apparently always associated with fashion in the time of Zoot Suits and allegedly apparently associated with ganja now.
		I usually hate suits and use "suit" as a term with connotations of elitism, businessmen/executives, lack of common sense and callouses, yuppyism, and everything that is contrary to a working class and/or socialist ethic.
		Back on topic, the Zoot Suit Riots and their aftermath provided a lot of the raw material for the second novel in James Ellroy's LA Quartet, The Big Nowhere.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/33338 (1080 words)

	Essay Info :: Zoot Suit Riots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zoot Suit Riots is a powerful film that explores the complicated racial In August 1942 the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels.
		The deck was stacked against the defendants, and a verdict of guilty would spark a series of brutal riots.
		The convictions were ultimately overturned, but the city and its inhabitants would be forever changed.tensions and the changing social and political landscape that led up to the explosion on LA's streets in the summer of 1943.
	essayinfo.com /sample/essay/303 (321 words)

	World War Two and the Zoot Suit Riots
		The Zoot Suit Riots occurred in the context of national and global racial conflicts during the World War II era.
		The most recent antecedent to the Zoot Suit Riots of June 1943 was the Sleepy Lagoon case of August 1942 in Los Angeles.
		In fact, the role of the media in the "zoot suit riots" deserves special scrutiny, not only because of the nature of the media at the time but also because of the portrayal of teenagers by the mainstream media today.
	w3.usf.edu /~lc/MOOs/zootsuit (1669 words)

	Los Angeles: Painted City -- Zoot Suit
		By creating this devious image of the zoot suiter, the press also aided in the perpetuating the belief that these youths were receiving justly deserved punishment.
		While the newspapers portrayed the riots as a battle between justice and delinquency, the true cause of this explosion of violence was race.
		After the riots, the Grand Jury of Los Angeles held an investigation and concluded that racial discrimination was not the motivation behind juvenile crimes.
	members.tripod.com /~noemigarcia/lapaint/zootsuit.htm (778 words)

	Zoot Suit
		Zoot Suit is a show band that can cater for every occasion and please a wide diversity of tastes and age groups.
		For example, Zoot Suit can begin with a roving acoustic style set or solo piano, creating the atmosphere that you desire and proceed later to a full stage presentation.
		The name 'Zoot Suit' commonly refers to a style of clothing worn in the 40's by some of America's youth which subsequently turned into a form of rebellion.
	www.zootsuit.info (336 words)

	Riot Suit Zoot
		For the swing album by Cherry Poppin' Daddies, see Zoot Suit Riot (album) The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and...
		Zoot Suit Convention Amazon.com: Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies:...
		Zoot Suit Track List: 01: Zoot Suit Riot [#] 03:53: 02: Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line: 03:31: 03: When I Change Your Mind: 02:29: 04: Here Comes the Snake: 03:18: 05: Mister White Keys: 03:06 Zoot Suit Riot Zoot Suit Riot As performed by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies Revival swing hit from 1998.
	riotsuitzoot.anywherelw.info (664 words)

	American Experience \| Zoot Suit Riots \| Special Features
		Initially an African American youth fashion, closely connected to jazz culture, the zoot suit was co-opted by a generation of Mexican American kids, who made it their own.
		Zoot suiters asserted themselves, at a time when fabric was being rationed for the war effort, and in the face of widespread discrimination.
		Zoot suits were reserved for special occasions -- a dance or a birthday party.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/zoot/eng_sfeature/sf_zoot_mx.html (152 words)

	Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots
		At first, serviceman merely derided the young Latino males attired in "zoot suits." The derision turned to resentment, however, because the young Latino "zoot suiters" were not in military uniform.
		Although police accompanied the caravans of rioting servicemen, police orders were to let the shore patrol and military police deal with military men.
		Instead, after several days of rioting and assaults by servicemen, more than 150 had been injured and police had arrested and charged more than 500 Latino youths for "rioting" or "vagrancy," many themselves the victims.
	www.laalmanac.com /history/hi07t.htm (706 words)

	What is a Zoot Suit?
		The zoot suit is an oversized suit, with wide-legged pants gathered at the ankles, or tramas, and a long jacket with huge shoulder pads, called a carlango.
		The zoot suit is typically worn for formal occasions and often accessorized with a long watch chain on the pants, pointed shoes, and a large felt hat with a feather.
		The term zoot suit may derive from a Mexican-American slang pronunciation of "suit." Female versions of the zoot suit also existed, though they are rarely seen today, some with knee-length skirts instead of tramas.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-zoot-suit.htm (504 words)

	Civilization.ca - Scholars - The Montreal and Verdun Zoot-Suit disturbances of June 1944
		The "zoot suit" was a memorable fashion fad among some young men in the 1940s.
		In general, a zoot suit consisted of a long, loose coat with wide, padded shoulders, ballooning pants worn very high above the waist, an oversized bow-tie, a wide-brimmed hat and a long, hanging watchchain.
		Most observers have concluded that the zoot suit was a symbol of youthful defiance and non-conformity.
	www.civilization.ca /academ/articles/durf1_1e.html (1960 words)

	Zoot Suit Week celebrates highs and lows of an era: 02/02
		Zoot Suit Week also aims to educate the public about the police harassment of zoot suiters during the 1942 Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the violence that erupted during 1943 and became known as the Zoot Suit Riots.
		This year's highlight will be a screening of the recently aired PBS documentary Zoot Suit Riots, hosted by the film's director, Joseph Tovares, at 7 p.m.
		and a panel discussion relating the zoot suit era to the present at 6 p.m.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2002/february20/zootsuit-220.html (245 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Mazón, The Zoot-Suit Riots
		Yet because of the predominance of inverted forms of behavior, the symmetry of the riots is not to be found in either chronology or historical antecedent, although there obviously is a chronology and continuity with the past.
		He was not seeking publicity when he suggested that "the zoot suit cult had penetrated to some extent among middle class youth." The very stylized and customized nature of the suit made it expensive, with the more flamboyant versions being financially out of reach for many lower-class youths.
		The Zoot-Suit Riots signify one of the ways in which all of the taboos of homefront America could be contravened, and it is here, and not in the history of either Mexican-American youth, servicemen, or civilians, that the riots take on center stage in the social history of World War II America.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exmazzoo.html (4756 words)

	Brechtian and Aztec violence in Valdez's 'Zoot Suit.' - playwright Luis Valdez's musical play - The Shows of Violence ...
		Zoot Suit was a tremendous hit on the Los Angeles stage in 1978 and became the first Chicano play on Broadway, though it played much less successfully in New York.
		In the decade since the film was made, critics have accused Valdez of selling-out to the white, mainstream, mass audience; presenting reactionary stereotypes in his female characters; and idealizing violence in the gangster paradigm of his male zoot-suited pachucos.
		Zoot Suit looks back to a time when young urban gangs were forming as an alternative ethnic ideal, prior to today's drug dealing, automatic weapons, and drive-by shootings.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0412/is_n2_v26/ai_21221634 (890 words)

	Mexican Zoot Suit Riots, 1943
		In the mid-1940s news coverage of zoot suiters began after Japanese Americans were interned in concentration camps and there was no more a “Japanese enemy.” A new scapegoat was needed to foster the nationalistic fervor the war effort required and the zoot suiter became the target.
		The hostility against zoot suiters expressed by the government and the press would engulf thousands of people of color who were not zoot suiters.
		As the Los Angeles riots subsided, the race riots spread across the county to Phoenix, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Detroit and lasting throughout the summer of 1943.
	www.hierographics.org /yourhistoryonline/MexicanZootSuitRiots1943.htm (1569 words)

	The zoot suit is back
		Hill was one of the snappiest dressers on the dance floor at the American Red Cross swing dance benefit in May, an event that attracted several men in zoot suits.
		The suit's design is distinguished by the exaggerated cut of the long, thigh-length coat with broad, padded shoulders and tapered waist.
		By the '40s, the suit was being firmly associated with society's fringe element.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19990907zoot1.asp (1158 words)

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