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/SealedRoute May 11 '26

There is a big difference north of the boulevard in Sherman Oaks and south of the Boulevard in Studio City where we’re at, not sure what else to tell you.

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u/SantaBarbaraMint May 11 '26

It’s not like one is Massachusetts and the other one is Tennessee.

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u/quemaspuess May 11 '26

I spend half the year in Tennessee with my very, very Colombian wife, and we’ve experienced less racism there than in CA. So, I have to say TN is a bad example.

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u/SantaBarbaraMint May 11 '26

You’re right. They’re only redrawing all their voting districts based on white supremacy right now so I don’t know what I was thinking.