The Rise of the Hispanic Gangs in Southern California

African Americans are being driven out of cities up and down the West Coast, both by new immigrant majorities in the South and by wealthier transplants from other parts of the US. In some mixed race communities in Southern California, the majority of the total violent crime is Hispanic on black, Hispanic gangs on black citizens. Though blacks make up just 9% of LA County's population, they were victims of 59% of all racially motivated attacks in 2006,. While Latinos committed 52% of all religiously motivated attacks.