#Zoot Suit Riot

[phoenixyfriend]

Just misheard a song

What they said: sailors What I heard: Seders

What they said: and they’re on leave What I heard: in a tree

The line: It's two sailors and they're on leave.

What I imagined: Two Seders' worth of of Orthodox Jews in the branches of a large apple tree.

#mondegreens #zoot suit riot #mishearing songs #phoenix talks #I'm hesitant to tag this as judaism but have at ye

[baguetttes]

Noe Vasquez (left) and Joe Vasquez, June 10th 1943

taken at the Los Angeles police station, after they’d been attacked and had their ‘zoot suits’ shredded by sailors, during the Zoot Suit Riots 

#zoot suit #zoot suit riot #zooty #zooted #1940s #black and white #swag #real #these boys got slashed for their zootsuits #i find them quite beautiful tho

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Les partisans du 'zoot-suit' restent calmes," La Patrie. July 25, 1943. Page 43. ---- Les zoot-suiters ne sont pas apparus à la danse dans la rue qui eut lieu, vendredi soir, au Square Richmond, sous le patronage du conseiller Frank Hanley et en faveur de la vente de timbres d'épargne de guerre. On avait craint que la même expérience qu'à Rosemont, оu les partisans du zoot-suit ont causé une bagarre, ne survint à cette danse en plein air, mais le conseiller Hanley avait averti charitablement les zoot-suiters qu'ils s'exposaient à prendre un bain dans le canal de Lachine, s'ils tentaient d'y causer du désordre. Antoni Dicario et le conseiller Hanley, en avant, sont en train d'acheter des timbres des Miss Canadas qui ont donné leur temps gratuitement pour aider cette oeuvre admirable. (Photo la Patrie.)

#montreal #zoot suit #zoot suit riot #reactionary politics #fundraising event #war bonds #war bond campaign #war on youth #youth in revolt #rosemont #canadian sailors #world war ii #canada during world war 2

[scriobh-an-iontas]

And now, for your Pride enjoyment, I present to you:

"Stonewall Riot"

<Sung to the tune of "Zoot Suit Riot">

+++++

[Verse 1]

Who’s that senator standin’ tall,

It’s Joe McCarthy and he hates us all,

Commies, anarchists, leftists, and queers,

Our rights were stripped, we lived in fear.

[Pre-Chorus 1]

A ma-fi-a owned dance hall,

Is where we went to play

The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich,

They didn’t care if we were gay.

[Chorus 1]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Blow daddy!

[Verse 2]

A-raid gone wrong's where it began,

The N Y P D didn't understand,

We weren't just sheep, merely in a haze,

But once we came to we quickly got enraged

[Pre-Chorus 2]

The ri-ots last-ed days,

Our community unfurled,

Later, queers would say it was

“The brick thrown round the world”

[Chorus 2]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

[Bridge]

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

<Skat-like>

Here at Pri-ide now,

Leather daddy’s ok,

Trans folk and a-specs,

Non-binary display!

Get your kink on

Lesbians, Bi’s, and Gays,

Intersex is welcome,

But cops stay away!

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Oh, the fight, it still ain't done

But we're-through hidin' behind-closed-doors

Cause-we've stood all we can stands

And we just can't stands no more!

[Chorus 1]

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

Throw back a brick and a beer!

Stonewall Riot (Riot!)

My civil rights started ri-i-ight here!

[Outro]

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

You're in a Stonewall Riot!

(I think I'm about ready for Pride now)

#pride month #Zoot Suit Riot #the brick thrown round the world #stonewall inn #Stonewall Riot #protest #queer rights #queer #parody song #I'm not sure if it's a parody or not #but I'm pretty proud of it #queer history

[cpluscomics]

A villain in Teen Justice Academy! She summons stylish mannequins to do her bidding.

Art by @mishaweha

#illustration #cpluscontent #teen justice academy #tja #masks rpg #character design #zoot suit riot

[duranduratulsa]

Watch "Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot [Official Video]" on YouTube

90's Fest Song of the day: Zoot Suit Riot by Cherry Poppin' Daddies (1997) #cherrypoppindaddies #zootsuitriot #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas2ndannual90sfest

#cherry poppin daddies #zoot suit riot #duran duran tulsa's 2nd annual 90s fest #90s fest #90s #Youtube

[ask-sebastian]

#sebastian's musical owls #90s #zoot suit riot - cherry poppin' daddies

[lady-assnali]

I was tagged by @roxy206 to post 5 songs I actually listen to. I’m a high energy music person but I threw in She because it’s one of my most favorite songs of all time.

Now! I tag @jinkx-monswoon @sexynetra and @thecollectionsof if you want to!

#miss Americana has been my go-to to scream lately #but ABBA is my all-time favorite #honorable mention goes to Tiny Dancer by Elton John #also Gloria Estefan queen of my childhood #Donna Summer and Spice Girls and B*Witched #also the song Zoot Suit Riot was one of my favorite songs as a child my dad used to play it in his car all the time and snap along silly #Spotify

[playitagin]

1943-Zoot Suit Riots

In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.

#Jun.3.1943 #Zoot Suit Riots #Los Angeles #California #history today

[professorpski]

Zoot Suit from Augusta Auctions: Men’s Fashion Or Costume?

Zoot suits became popular with African-American entertainers like Cab Calloway during the late 1930s and early 1940s. They made for a great stage presence as they exaggerated all proportions, making for a literally spectacular look. Notice how a regular fedora looks positively puny set above the suit. Calloway wore enormous hats to go along with his suits.

The shoulders are enormous and padded, and here the mix of fabrics places horizontal stripes to widen the torso of the jacket as well. The sleeves are big and then must be narrowed towards the hemline so as not to get in the way. The pants are enormous too and then the hems with cuff is pegged, again, to make it easier for the wearer to move. Notice the high waistband. While men wore their pants higher in the 1930s than they do today, this waistline was so high that suspenders made more sense. It has no label, so it may have been custom made or made in a small shop.

Young men of all races who loved music got excited about zoot suits and wore their own. Then, as now, people looked to celebrities for daring styles. So it is possible this was street wear, but the pockets with double bellows are soooooo enormous that this makes me think they may have been some entertainer’s stage costume. Of course, I should not underestimate the sartorial wackiness of young men. Remember, when they were all wearing sagging pants?

Zoot suits got a bad name because of the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 when white US servicemen in California blamed all wearers of zoot suits for crimes they said were committed by young men wearing zoot suits. They attacked Mexican-American zoot suiters at random and tore off their clothing. The suits also seemed unpatriotic during an era when fabric had to be preserved for the war effort. Disney made a short film that suggested zoot suits and Nazism were linked. Some scholars argue that zoot suits were worn by disaffected young people as a way of rejecting a society which had rejected them, while other argue it was simply a fashion trend adopted by young people of all kinds as something new.

This one was sold by Augusta Auctions for a whooping $78,000.

To see what the auction house will be selling next, go here: https://augusta-auction.com/

#zoot suits #zoot suit #zoot suit riots #1930s fashion #1940s fashion #augusta auctions #menswear #vintage menswear #vintage mens fashion #mens fashion #costume history #dress history #fashion history

[valen-dreth]

STOPPP i havent even listened obsessively to total eclipse of the heart on this machine yet

#this was off lyrics to either pink elephant or zoot suit riot so nowhere NEAR related 😭

[rafawriter]

World War Two23 hours ago (edited)

On 3 June 1943, American servicemen open the attack on the Latino youth of Los Angeles in the Zoot Suit Riots. The youth cultures are flourishing in Los Angeles, and the young Latino community is no exception. Expressing a new wave of music and dress, some young men have started wearing so-called 'zoot suits'. Made up of a long wide-shouldered coat, gathered pants, and extravagant chains, the suit is a flamboyant piece and a form of protest against the economic disadvantages they often have. 

 But now, it's wartime, and that means rationing. Among the rationed goods are suits, which are now to be manufactured with as little wool as possible. Wide cuts such as the zoot suits are therefore also banned from manufacturing and selling. However, the young Latinos continue to wear what they got and sometimes acquire new suits on the black market. 

 The zoot suits do much to anger the large population of military servicemen in the city, who see them as provoking and unpatriotic. With all eyes already on Los Angeles' young Latino community because of the ongoing Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, a brawl between a group of sailors and zoot suiters is all that's needed to ignite the tension.

 The day after the brawl, a mob of servicemen armed with clubs heads for East Los Angeles to pick a fight with any young Latino they can lay their hands on. Journalist Carey McWilliams witnesses: 'Marching through the streets of downtown Los Angeles, a mob of several thousand soldiers, sailors, and civilians, proceeded to beat up every zoot suiter they could find. [...] Streetcars were halted while Mexicans, and some Filipinos and Negroes, were jerked from their seats, pushed into the streets and beaten with a sadistic frenzy.'

 The racial violence will continue for several more days, during which the local media will lay the blame for the riots on the young Latinos. The police just stand by and watch or even participate in the riots, arresting some 500 zoot suiters. Photo: Victims of the Zoot Suit Riots, June 1943. Source: Harold P. Matosian, AP

#zoot suits #ww2 #racial riot #Los Angeles #american history

[qupritsuvwix]

#crt #1943 #los angeles #zoot suit #pachucos #round up the usual suspects #riots #us navy

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Une bagarre entre «zoot-suiters» et soldats à la gare Jean-Talon," La Patrie. August 4, 1943. Page 13. --- Un commencement de bagarre qui aurait pu se prolonger et prendre des proportions graves, a éclaté, hier soir, à la gare Jean-Talon à l'arrivée d'un convoi à bord duquel se trouvaient une vingtaine de jeunes gens affublés de « zoot-suits ».

Lorsque les jeunes manifestèrent un peu trop d'enthousiasme en aspirant la brise « fraiche » et l'air pur de la Métropole, ils furent invités à prendre un peu d'exercice par un groupe de soldats dont les uniformes venaient en contraste marqué avec les « zoots ». Mais l'arrivée des agents de police du « 2! » et de plusieurs hommes portant l'insigne du corps de la Prévôté eut pour effet de jeter une douche efficace sur l'enthousiasme des jeunes… En nous parlant de l'aventure, ce matin, le lieutenant Therrien, du poste No 211. résuma son rapport en quelque mots: « quelques coups de poing sur la g… et une couple de nez rougis…»

#montreal #public dance #canadian soldiers #zoot suits #zoot suit riot #street fight #police search #police powers #youth in revolt #canada during world war 2 #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada #disciplining youth

[giannic]

#August1940 #Zoot Suit Riots #los angeles #racism #White Supremacy #Youtube

[lostangeles]

Portraits from the Zoot Suit Riots Memorial Cruise in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles - June 4, 2023

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