Black/Brown Conflict in Los Angeles

Tanya Hernandez (Rutgers-Newark) has an interesting op/ed “Longtime prejudices, not economic rivalry, fuel tensions,” in the Sunday LA Times. It begins like this

THE ACRIMONIOUS relationship between Latinos and African Americans in Los Angeles is growing hard to ignore. Although last weekend’s black-versus-Latino race riot at Chino state prison is unfortunately not an aberration, the Dec. 15 murder in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood of Cheryl Green, a 14-year-old African American, allegedly by members of a Latino gang, was shocking.

The complete commentary can be viewed by clicking here.

In a recent trip to LA, I was struck by how many incidents of African American/Latina/o violence were in the news.  Professor Hernandez’s commentary is (unfortunately) especially timely.

KJ