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(photo by Walter Thompson-Hernandez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/15f176a6-2a3b-4ed1-ac49-a6970505b7a8/Ch3_Latinofam2.JPG Photos Latino family members feel love and connection with one another, and with their homes and the neighborhoods of South L.A. (photo by Walter Thompson-Hernandez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/549112e9-48ff-4496-9170-02e1178812ea/Ch4_Louis2.JPG Photos “I’m still proud of it, you know? I appreciate where I grew up from, you know? It was a struggle, but like I learned from it. That’s all I got.” (photo by Walter Thompson-Hernandez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/0a824331-0aa1-477c-9ba5-368756e60bf4/Ch4_Dani1.JPG Photos “I think for South LA, the best thing you can do is what they did with me. Open people's eyes. 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Population by Nativity and Years in the United States, South L.A., 1990, 2000, and 2012–16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/e06644af-c2f0-40f8-b79a-672d3ee8030a/Demographic_Composition_of_Schools_in_South_LA_1981_A.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.16. Demographic Composition of Schools in South LA, (a) 1981 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/282be9fd-a04c-49c9-99ca-c7b2bd06003d/Demographic_Composition_of_Schools_in_South_LA_2016_B.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.16. Demographic Composition of Schools in South LA, (b) 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/feca95b0-c49e-40be-912d-90d43c7bed3a/WorkingPoverty_by_RaceEthnicity_SouthLA_2012-16.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.21. Working Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, South L.A., 2012–16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/5b3e9204-07dc-448d-9471-eaa329b79db3/BlackandLatinoUnemploymentRates_SouthLA_1980-2016.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.20. Black and Latino Unemployment Rates, South L.A., 1980–2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/17b83ba4-dcb1-45e9-b0d4-8e232dc32cf2/PopulationGrowth_by_Nativity_SouthLA_1980-2016.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.3. Population Growth by Nativity, South L.A., 1980–2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6092bcbeb2d6ab6448dfe3fd/6f081967-91bd-4862-99c5-ac43bc91a0be/DemographicChange_in_SouthLAOverall_and_by_Neighborhood_1980-2016.png Maps and Charts Figure 2.5. Demographic Change in South L.A. 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