Why the History of Chavez Ravine Still Haunts Dodger Stadium

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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During a recent Los Angeles Dodgers game, three people sprinted across the field waving banners with the names of former neighborhoods -- Bishop, La Loma and Palo Verde -- that were razed on the land that is now home to the team’s stadium. The protest was an attempt to call attention to a piece of L.A. history known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine, when in the 1950s city officials displaced roughly 1,800 mostly Mexican American families from the area. Officials promised to build a new public housing complex where the families could live, but instead sold the land to the Dodgers to build a stadium. We talk about that history and Mexican Americans’ deep and complicated relationship with the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.4	Dodger Stadium is sacred to many fans, especially as the team plays a wildcard game there tonight after 106 wins.
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0:59.3	We'll look at a dark chapter of Los Angeles history known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine.
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