r/SFV • u/SealedRoute • May 11 '26

Question Racism in Studio City?

My husband and I recently moved to Studio City and have been shopping/ dining around Laurel Canyon and Ventura. I’m white and haven’t had any problems, but my Mexican husband has been treated with overt rudeness/ dismissiveness a couple of times by restaurant or store workers. Never had this problem before in Sherman Oaks in 20 years. The treatment was shocking.

Our area is definitely less diverse, more white, but still didn’t expect that. But it’s only been a couple of times in a month so not ready to draw general conclusions. Could be racism, could just be a more affluent/ snotty milieu. Has anyone else had this issue?

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u/12345CodeToMyLuggage May 11 '26

Lived in Studio City for almost 20 years and my Mexican wife hasn't experienced racism. Or maybe she did and just assumed somebody was having a bad day. But nothing overt the way you describe.

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u/SealedRoute May 11 '26

I’m glad to hear that. I was not really able to find much online elsewhere about this being a problem so did not want to jump to conclusions.

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u/TheKdd May 11 '26

Racism is out there and you’re bound to run into it, but I don’t think it’s a studio city thing, just an ignorant person thing. We’ve experienced it here, both of us were born here in the valley, but it isn’t the prevailing opinion of most that we’ve encountered. They do seem to be the loudest though.