History 270 Lecture 18

LOS ANGELES:  CAPITAL OF THE THIRD WORLD

I.          Redefining "Race"

II.        Roots of the LA Riots

A.  Black-White Relations in LA

B.  Black Migration

C.  LAPD

III.       Capital of the Third World:  Race and Class in Los Angeles

A.  Boosterism vs. The Blade Runner Scenario

B.  Immigration and Ethnicity

C.  Korean-Americans:  the new "Jews" in America?

1.  Korean American - African American tension

IV.       The Fire this time...

A.  Normandy and Florence

B.  Why did it escalate?

C.  A Multi-ethnic Riot

D.  ...and Las Vegas and Chicago

V.        The Fire Next Time

A.  Could it happen again?