Contributor(s): Author: Cid Martinez South Los Angeles is often seen as ground zero for inter-racial conflict and violence in the United States.
Given that more than a quarter million people live in South LA and that poverty rat.
Since the 1940s, South LA has been predominantly a low-income African American neighborhood, and yet since the early 1990s Latino immigrants--mostly from Mexico and many undocumented--have moved in record numbers to the area.
Contributor(s): Author: Cid Martinez South Los Angeles is often seen as ground zero for inter-racial conflict and violence in the United States