Some in the community agree that many of the images are nothing more than silly, harmless or nostalgic portrayals of characters that have existed for decades. The Homies draw mixed reactions from Los Angeles area Latino community leaders, raising issues of dignity, stereotyping and the right to artistic expression.
As the nation again struggles with the issue of limiting children’s exposure to violence in movies, music, video games and television, local authorities say Homies should be removed from stores. A lot of them are my friends.”īut Los Angeles Police Department officers and prosecutors said the figurines are clearly designed to be gang members, and that they glamorize that violent culture. “That’s a big part of our culture: young, lowrider Chicano kids wearing baggy clothes,” said David Gonzales, 39, who draws the characters out of his Northern California home. More than 1 million have been sold since they hit the market four months ago, a distributor says. The creator of the 1 3/4-inch-tall cartoonish toys, which are sold in gum ball machines, said Homies are caricatures of real people from Mexican American barrios, like the one near San Jose where he grew up. Vintage lil homies figures lot 3 homies 1 mijos.Visit a market in many Latino neighborhoods across the country and you might come across Homies-tiny Chicano figurines wearing baggy clothes, white T-shirts, bandannas and knit caps.
By alex alonso staff writer may 12, 2000.
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