Los Angeles Daily News
Is history repeating?
Racial tension raises concerns
By Rick Orlov
Staff Writer
Saturday, June 18, 2005 - Forty years after the Watts riots and 13 years after the Los Angeles riots, many civic leaders fear Los Angeles may again be ripe for growing racial violence.
Recent fights and race-related threats at nearly two dozen high schools -- coupled with the city's continuing economic woes and rapidly changing demographics -- have raised the specter that long-simmering tensions may be reaching a boiling point.
"You have gangs and turf battles and you have the potential of them spreading beyond campuses," said Rabbi Alan Freehling, who heads the city's Human Relations Commission and sees the city at a critical juncture, with the schools serving as a potential lightning rod.
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