Many of these immigrants left for economic and/or political motives in search of a more decent life. Mexican and Central American immigrants began moving into the predominantly Black South Central neighborhood in the 1980s. South, Black residents migrated to the Southwest with the hope of starting anew, in a community whose history was not bogged down with the burdens of slavery. in the 1960s, against a backdrop of systemic racial oppression and racial covenants that segregated Black communities.
From beginning to end, the book eloquently narrates the ways in which African Americans began their place-making journey to South L.A. Rosas shapes her historical analysis by grounding the discussion around ideas of place-making, community-building, and race relations in South Central, Los Angeles (or South L.A., as it is now known). This is precisely why research that focuses on Black and Latinx communities is not simply a one-off project, but instead represents the future of the United States and is the reason why the importance of South Central is Home extends well beyond the borders of California. population is projected to belong to a minority group by 2060, with Black and non-Black Latinx groups accounting for almost 43% of the population. According to a 2015 Census report, more than half of the U.S. Most research continues to focus on the white population as representative of the average American, while rendering the life and experiences of other groups as marginal. To contextualize and ground the project, one has to remember that the United States is quickly becoming a minority-majority nation. And it is ultimately a plea against gentrification’s displacement of Black and Brown bodies. It is a beautifully written narrative of the work that Black and Latinx residents put into a community to make it their home. Through a historical analysis, Abigail Rosas discusses the ways in which a marginalized community, like South Central, California, became home to the thousands of Black and Latinx residents that have migrated to California since the 1960s. However, one loses the rich history of how these cities and spaces became home to millions of individuals in the face of structural divestment, disinterest, and overall erasure.
The anger over the loss of these spaces takes many people by surprise, even as others view the transition of their communities as a marker of progress. cities, marginalized communities are being stripped of the very essence that made these spaces home to its members. Yet, as gentrification grows throughout many U.S. Individuals make a community their own by ensuring that the area reflects the needs and identity of its residents. In this sense, cities and neighborhoods evolve in much the same way as singular households. What makes a space a home? While we often think of it as the site for the nuclear family, home is also the space that communities create.
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