The long awaited LA Times article on the state of affairs between Latinos and Blacks in Los Angeles is out and it confirms what many have known all along. Racial enmity is tearing at the city’s seams. The limited distribution of resources has made the two groups fight each other while leaving structural inequalities for both intact.
Blogger coverage: “L.A. is going to blow again, and its not going to be pretty, a race riot that will make the ones of the 60s look like a day in Disneyland Park.”
Lynwood:
1990
Population: 61,945
Latino: 69%
Black: 22%
Other: 9%
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2007
Population: 72,426
Latino: 87%
Black: 9%
Other: 4%
