LACC SWAP — Attraction in Los Angeles

Been taking classes at LACC, wanted to support the community, and I love a good thrift. Was having a good time, until I went to a stand where the vendor didn't greet me, which was fine. But then she spoke to someone else, and I heard the words "la negrita." I'm not 100% fluent in Spanish yet, but I know she was referring to me, the only Black person around. I know the term itself isn't necessarily racist, but with the context of the vendor not speaking to me at all, not even looking me in the eye, it felt like prejudice. I tried to shake it off and walk around the rest of the market, but the atmosphere was stained for me. The other vendors I shopped with were kind, and there's lots of goods and wares, but I won't be...

So this is more for management. My daughter and I paid $70 dollars for a space and didn’t even sell enough to cover half the space fee. There’s 4 blocks surrounding the swapmeet with outside vendors that post for free. I don’t mind anyone trying hard to make a living, but when you are a vendor and pay $70 to not have any customers because they are all outside is not fair. We woke up at 5 am and had a long day made no money. While my daughter was inside selling. I went outside to ask and they pay $0 is first come first serve. You either shouldn’t have vendors outside taking customers from paying vendors or make the space way cheaper. After paying for space, gas, help, and time we lost money....

I last visited here before the pandemic was declared in the U.S., it was either late in December 2019 or early in January 2020. Haven’t been here since then. For me it’s worth an occasional trip—-I can’t tell you what I sometimes find there: they’re in the Collectibles category though. Secrets. Fun to find something cool here for cheap, I’ll tell you that. But often during a visit (a $1.00 entry fee except I think it’s less on Sundays, or was less on Sundays) I couldn’t find anything worth buying. But 50% of the time, maybe, I did find something worth getting here. I first went to the LACC swap meet back in...