Uproar And Racial Tensions Of The 1960's

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The 1960s reflects an era in history of uproar and civil rights movements but it can be argued that this uprising exploded after racial tensions caused by discrimination, removal, and exclusion from post-World War II and pre-World War II Los Angeles. The myth and fantasy created by suburbia and Disneyland helped to draw an escape from the corrupt inner city to a land of order, family, and racial homogeneity. As middle class indulged in their suburban dreams the lower diverse groups were excluded from this white dream. As Disneyland created its own utopia and middle class suburbs popped up like an assembly line production, areas like East and South LA experience the wrath of redlining, freeway construction, and slum clearance. These demands