http://hubpages.com/hub/Zootsuiters-and-President-Roosevelta-common-thread
take a look at the above link......this may answer your question
While there were estimated to be about 150 people injured in the Zoot Suit Riots, some seriously; there were no deaths.
it began on June 3rd 1943 in Los Angeles CA
# Is the term "Zoot Suit Riots" really appropriate for what happened in Los Angeles in June of 1943?
A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders .
Zoot suits were popular after the Depression, during the 1940s. They were the "hip," or "cool," suits to wear at the time. They had very baggy legs with tight cuffs on the pants and a very long coat or jacket with wide, padded shoulders.
Because it hightened the American sense of xenophobia towards Hispanics
They had nothing to do with World War 2. They lived during the 1920s.
A zoot is either slang for a zoot suit, or for a marijuana cigarette or PCP.
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Zoot. "Zoot sax is your axe! Uh-oh, Zoot skipped a groove again!"
I'm pretty sure it was the 'Zoot Suits'
The Zoot Cat was created on 1944-02-26.
Zoot Suit - film - was created in 1981.
Zoot Watson died on May 2, 1950.
Zoot Allures was created on 1976-10-20.
The suiters of his mom, Penlope.
The duration of Zoot Suit - film - is 1.72 hours.