The battle for Los Angeles: racial ideology and World War II

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 44-7028-44-7028
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
World War

Booming Then, Sputtering Now

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-308
Author(s):  
Michael Woo
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
World War ◽  
Housing Shortage ◽  
High Production Rate ◽  
Racial Barriers ◽  
High Production

This article reviews the post-World War II mass production of houses in Los Angeles and the roots of today’s housing shortage. Even with a high production rate, minorities and low-income Angelenos have experienced racial barriers and displacement. Today, L.A.’s homeless population is disproportionally Black, while home ownership is disproportionally white. The article concludes with four proposals for responding to today’s shortage of affordable and racially equitable housing.

Taking Trophies and Hunting Jews

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Edward B. Westermann
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Mass Murder ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
World War ◽  
Group Violence

This chapter highlights the practice of trophy taking, dispossession, and atrocity in the borderlands of Eastern Europe during World War II. The taking of trophies from an enemy during wartime, like the conduct of atrocity, has been a recurrent practice throughout history. The chapter presents numerous forms of the act of trophy taking, including snapping photographs, plundering personal effects, and confiscating the teeth or hair of the victims. The chapter looks at how perpetrators' creation of killing games and the integration of hunting rituals offer insights into the ways in which racial ideology became intertwined with conceptions of masculinity and acts of mass murder. The organization of these deadly “games” provides another clear indication of the enjoyment taken by some SS men in the performance of their duties and their shared bonds established through group violence. The chapter reveals a mentality that facilitated and normalized mass murder.

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