Vocab Words
a lack of knowledge or information
What is ignorance?
lacking fairness or justice
What is injustice?
Where and when zoot suits rose in popularity.
What is Los Angeles and the 1930s-1940s?
a hybrid language used by Pachucos
What is Caló?
The group that was prosecuted for the murder of Jose Diaz.
What is the 38th St. Gang?
a zoot suit, means "fancy clothing" in Caló
What is tacuche?
Mexican American youth who wore zoot suits
What is Pachucos?
It consisted of colorful long coats, baggy pants, two-toned shoes, and a hat with a plume (feather) sticking out the side, and either ducktail or pompadour haircuts.
What is the Pachuco style?
They were still discriminated against and experienced racism despite being war veterans and did not get the same treatment as their White veteran peers.
What is how Mexican Americans were treated after WWII?
Their zoot suits and their ducktail haircuts
What is the evidence used to convict the 38th St. Gang of murder?
a clothing style of the 194Os, mostly worn by young, poor and working-class Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Jewish youth.
What is zoot suit?
adopting the customs, language, and beliefs of a dominant culture
What is assimilate?
The reason for the first wave of immigration during the 1910s. Many Mexican immigrants were trying to escape the war.
What is the Mexican Revolution?
They were forced back into their previous social roles of being mothers and housewives
What is what happen to Latinas after the war?
The group of people responsible for the Zoot Suit Riots (the main aggressors)
What is the US Navy and Marines? (military)
merging two cultures by adopting and integrating new cultural behaviors and customs with existing ones
What is acculturate?
making criminal accusations based on racial stereotypes or based on race/ethnicity
What is racial profiling?
The reason for the second wave of immigration to the U.S. in the 1930s and 1940s; a federally funded program that brought over thousands of Mexicans to help fill agricultural jobs
What is the Bracero Program?
it was a big part of Pachuco culture/style, and it was a way to resist assimilation/the dominant culture
What is the reason Caló was popular among Mexican Americans?
Pachucos were crime scapegoats, viewed as unpatriotic, and viewed as criminals/gang members
What are the reasons Pachucos were attacked during the Zoot Suit Riots?
having special rights or advantages by pertaining to a specific group or identity
What is privilege?
distorted or exaggerated news that is turned into propaganda to mislead the public
What is yellow journalism?
living in segregated communities, receiving pressure to assimilate, and experiencing social estrangement
What are the causes for a rise in Mexican Street Gangs?
Spanish Romani (from Spain), Nahuatl (Indigenous language), and English.
What is the languages that make up Caló?
They were beaten with all kinds of weapons, stripped in the street, and had their hair cut and clothes burned in front of them.
What is the violence experienced by Pachucos during the riots?