Every city has its stereotypes. I spent a good chunk of my formative years watching teen TV like The O.C. and reality shows Laguna Beach and The Hills. Those shows depict California as full of surfers, hippy yogis, blue-eyed, blonde-haired aspiring actors and white teens that could be ripped from a Ralph Lauren catalog. The Los Angeles I grew up seeing in pop culture (aside from the John Singleton ‘90s classics like Boyz n the Hood, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Poetic Justice) didn’t feel like... Read this story
