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Show Notes
This month, the United States Postal Service unveiled a new set of stamps honoring the lowrider community. This federal recognition comes three years after California lifted a decades-old ban on lowrider cruising. The state, widely understood as the birthplace of lowrider culture, has also historically been unfriendly to it. For decades, lowriding was blamed for traffic and alleged connections to gang violence. KQED’s Paloma Yaritza Abarca explains the years-long fight by community members to let their cars ride freely.
This episode originally aired Nov 3, 2023.
Links:
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The Provocative, Rebellious and Flamboyant Origins of Lowriding | KQED
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For Lowriders in San Francisco, It’s Not Just a Stamp — It’s Respect at the Federal Level
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