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Despair Behind the Riots: The Impediment of Mass Immigration to Los Angeles Blacks

Vernon M. Briggs Jr., Cornell University

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Briggs, V. M., Jr. (1992). Despair behind the riots: The impediment of mass immigration to Los Angeles blacks. Scope, 11, 1-3.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/hrpubs/56/

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Abstract

"Economic despair -- by all accounts – significantly fueled the recent Los Angeles rioting. Virtually ignored in all analyses, though, has been one of the root causes of the despair: the effect of the revival of mass immigration on the economic status of black Americans."

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Vernon M. Briggs Jr.. "Despair Behind the Riots: The Impediment of Mass Immigration to Los Angeles Blacks" Faculty Publications - Human Resource Studies (1992).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vernon_briggs/42