Episode 20: The Zoot Suit Riots
13m | Apr 1, 2025Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised.
Editor Note: When she referred to Melatonin, she meant Melanin.
With the world embroiled in its second World War, tensions were rising back on the home front. These tensions would boil over into a series of racially charged riots that would later become called, "The Zoot Suit Riots."
Sources Used in this episode:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/zoot-suit-riots-and-wartime-los-angeles
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots
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