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     Bajito y Suavecito: Lowriders of Southern California

    “Bajito y Suavecito” translates to “low and slow,” a term often used to describe these remarkable cars that were born    out of oppression and misunderstanding. In post-war Los Angeles, young Chicanos resisting intimidation took a symbol of white middle-class culture and turned it into a symbol of their own. This was the birth of the jaunty, colorful, road-hugging counterpart of the zoot suit. This was the birth of the auto phenomenon known as the lowrider.