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This assignment focuses in on Los Angeles in the early 1990s

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This assignment focuses in on Los Angeles in the early 1990s. Los Angeles was a relatively new city, even by American standards. Big migrations in the 1920s and 1940s had turned the old Mexican settlement into THE American city of the century, especially by the 1950s. If Hollywood didn't attract enough people during the 1920s and 1930s, the defense industry jobs along the coast during WWII certainly did. By the 1990s, LA was a huge, diverse center, more so than almost any other city in the US (excepting New York City and Washington DC). LA presents as a great case study of the 1990s in general, but it gives us an especially relevant lesson in problems of racial inequality, segregation, and police violence. The 1990s in many ways are comparable to the 1920s-- similar 'culture wars', including the huge trend of the white, middle-class consuming black culture while simultaneously continuing institutions and policies of violence against black people.

The sources we'll see in this assignment are not comfortable. This lesson was not comfortable to put together nor will it be comfortable to consume. Alas, this history should not shock us, because we've been reading such similar stories, and we can perceive the world as it is today around us. Please be aware that the video we watch this week does include footage of the murder of a child. I apologize for any discomfort this causes and I do not mean to center violence against black people and people of color, but academia is one of the best and most appropriate places for us to study, question, and reflect on these historical realities.

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