{"id":1557,"date":"2008-05-25T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2008-05-26T22:17:07","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T02:17:07","slug":"illegalaliens-changing-los-angerles-into-mexican-barnyardit-can-never-happen-here-ritght","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/25\/illegalaliens-changing-los-angerles-into-mexican-barnyardit-can-never-happen-here-ritght\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal aliens changing Los Angeles into Mexican barnyard&#8230;it can never happen here &#8211; right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Los Angeles Times    <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>South L.A. backyards are becoming barnyards<\/strong>   <\/p>\n<p>In Southeast L.A., the black population has dropped from 71% in 1980 to 24% in the 2000 census; the Latino population grew from 27% in 1980 to 74% in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>For some folks, the rooster has become a potent symbol of the way their neighborhood is changing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes, I think it&#8217;s Mexico,&#8221; said Tony Johnson, who lives in Southeast L.A. He confessed that after being roused early some mornings, he has fantasized about silencing the birds permanently. &#8220;Boom. Boom. Boom,&#8221; he said, pantomiming how he would do it.<\/p>\n<p>But a few blocks away, Jose Luiz, 43, seemed surprised that anyone would be bothered by the noise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s natural to have roosters,&#8221; he said as he surveyed a new community garden where corn, squash and tomatoes were growing. &#8220;I&#8217;m Mexican. We are accustomed to hearing them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Once predominantly African American, the area has seen an influx of Latino &#8220;immigrants&#8221;, along with their roosters, chickens and other barnyard beasts not typically part of the urban scene&#8230; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-rooster25-2008may25,0,4480585.story\">HERE <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Times South L.A. backyards are becoming barnyards In Southeast L.A., the black population has dropped from 71% in 1980 to 24% in the 2000 census; the Latino population grew from 27% in 1980 to 74% in 2000. For some folks, the rooster has become a potent symbol of the way their neighborhood is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}