When we think of Latinos in South L.A., we're really talking about Central Americans.
In a region where Mexicans still far too often overshadow Central Americans, a new generation is stepping up in South L.A.'s civic and political life, and forging a new identity: “South Central American,” a nickname popularized by, a professor at Cal State L.A. and a South L.A. native with Guatemalan roots.
Navarrete commuted every day to work, bringing Alexis and his brothers along to help only on weekends. Yenise Camacho, a Honduran American, is a field deputy for Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price. The 1992 unrest, she says, led Central Americans to get more involved politically. “It’s easy to say ‘Latino’ and put all these groups in it,” he said. “But terms like that also erase communities and their complexities, even among ourselves.”
“Working-class Central Americans were also physically attacked” during the riots, said Camacho, 33. “Their stores were also looted, or even burned to the ground. Yet, my mother feels that those stories were not heard.”two days into the riots to congratulate Latinos on the Eastside for not participating.
He and his family were the only Latinos on their street. Black neighbors embraced them and organized a block watch to ensure nothing happened to anyone during the riots, he recalled. But he worries that encroaching gentrification and continued social inequity in South L.A. might make Central Americans “face the same displacement that has happened to our Black neighbors.”
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