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Mar 2020
Zoot suit, straight jacket, Tuxedo.
We are what we wear.
Rock, paper, scissors.
Hoodlum, insane, sophisticated.
Prison, asylum, penthouse.
*****, *****, ****.
Why was the Zoot Suit banned?
This exacerbated racial tensions, as Mexican American youths wearing the zoot suits were seen as un-American because they were deliberately ignoring the rationing regulations. The Zoot Suit Riots are commonly associated with the Sleepy Lagoon ******, which occurred in August 1942.
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Acme  71/M/Charlotte, NC
(71/M/Charlotte, NC)   
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     Larry, ilo and Carlo C Gomez
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