History
The riots began in Los Angeles, amidst a period of rising tensions between white American servicemen stationed in southern California and Los Angeles' Mexican-American community. Although Mexican-American men were overrepresented in the military, many white servicemen resented seeing so many Latinos socializing in clothing many considered unpatriotic and extravagant in wartime.
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