Los Ángeles 1992: The Latina/o experience in the Los Angeles riots/uprising, it is as complex as the experience of other ethnic communities. The uprising and the destruction occurred in many communities populated by Latina/o families. These Latina/os had also experienced the police brutality and the racism by predominant society that African-Americans have historically experienced.
Yet, Latina/o and Black relationships were tense as Latinas/os had begun to move into historically black neighborhoods and were possible threat to further disenfranchised black residents from the few socio-economic opportunities available.
Hence, while during the riot/uprising Latina/os were hyper visible as looters or victims, in the aftermath Latinas/os have been invisible in collective memory of the L.A. Riots/Uprising. These as journalists and policy-makers have struggled to go beyond the focus on the binary (black/white, rich/poor Korean/Black) analysis what in essence was a multi-ethnic, multi-racial uprising, where it is almost impossible to classify the people and groups who participated in neat roles.
Yet Latinas/os have memorialize the 1992 uprising through cultural productions such as songs, murals, paintings, videos, etc, etc.
There’s a snippet of “Los Angeles (esta en llamas)” by Ley de Hielo, the first Rock Angelino band to be signed to a indie-REE dedicated label (Aztlán Records). In this track Ley de Hielo chronicles a la ciudad going up in flames in 1992 from a perhaps immigrant perceptive.
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