This video delves into the rise in popularity of the zoot suits among Mexican-American youths in Los Angeles during the period of the 1940s. I explore the difference between how these youth symbolized their zoot culture and how the larger US society viewed and portrayed them, specifically in the media. Part of the fall 2020 semester of "Intro to Chicanx/Latinx Histories" (Hist 17CH at Pomona College).
