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Here's why the city that houses Disneyland is not 'The Happiest Place on Earth'

Lyanne Alfaro   

Here's why the city that houses Disneyland is not 'The Happiest Place on Earth'

citlally contreras miranda sits at her parents home in a traditional mexican dress which she also wears to perform mexican folk dance at a california state university group she like sergio palomino pictured left are invested in keeping traditions ali

William Camargo

These two Anaheim residents keep their cultural traditions alive in their own separate ways.

Anaheim, California - often called"Anacrime" by locals - is home to Disneyland Park, but it's far from "The Happiest Place on Earth."

The city's unfortunate nickname is due to its extremely high crime rates and police brutality.

Repeated police killings of unarmed Latinos have led the majority of the city's Latino population (52.8% according to the US Census) to speak out in protest, causing some of the loudest civil unrest that the community has ever experienced.

Anaheim local and fine art photographer William Camargo shows the city's lesser-seen side in his "Anaheim: The Happiest City on Earth" photo series. "I wanted to show people that this city is not just made of this one entity, which is Disneyland," Camargo told Business Insider.

Keep scrolling for a glimpse at the series, which began in 2011 and is scheduled to be exhibited by Chicago's Las Artelitas collective this month.

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