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Santa Monica, seniors in Stephanie Carrillo's elective
class on cultural diversity are embodying those who
lived through the riots by acting out the roles of African
American victim, white juror, police officer, Korean
immigrant and others from the play "Twilight: Los
Angeles." The play gives students multiple
perspectives to help them understand the complex
forces underlying the riots, Carrillo said.Carrillo
teaches the riots every year because, she said, they
marked a watershed moment in her life. Then a
college student two weeks from graduation, she said
the King verdict shattered her faith in the justice
system. But they also impassioned her to become a
teacher to arm her students with the education to
Los Angeles Times/ ­- Politics, Dom, 15 de Abril de 2012
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control their own lives, she said.One of them is Jiaya.
The Crossroads senior, the daughter of musician
James Ingram, was raised in tony Hancock Park, but
she said she identified with her "Twilight" character, an
impoverished pregnant mother who was shot in the
riots. She said she remains troubled by racism
today.To make change, she said she will push for
educational seminars about stereotypes in her student
leadership group in high school and, later, at
college."I'm motivated to tell people how far we still
need to go to live with true peace and no prejudice,"
she said.teresa.watanabe@latimes.com
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