Examples of Interminority Racism in The U.S.
1. 1992 Los Angeles Riots
2. Crown Heights Riot
3. There has been a long-running racial tension between African Americans and Mexican Americans. There have been several significant riots in California prisons where Mexican American and African American inmates have targeted each other particularly, based on racial reasons. There have been reports of racially motivated attacks against African Americans who have moved into neighborhoods occupied mostly by Mexican Americans, and vice versa.
Note: There are not many publicly known manifestations of interminority racism. That does not mean that there is not prejudice between groups. Interminority racism is best understood at a personal level, but there are few stories in literature that depict this phenomenon.
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