LA Riot: Violent And Unfair To People

There are always articles on the news with headlines about violent actions used against peaceful protesters or police shootings. Many of these actions are racially charged. These compelling problems that exist today were more obvious in the late 1900s. During this time, specifically in LA, many African-Americans were brutally beaten, killed, or arrested just for the color of their skins. People may make the argument that some of these people deserved to be thrown in jail, which is true. However, majority

minorities “must amalgamate and be lost, in the superior vigor of the Anglo-Saxon race, or they must utterly perish” (Deverell, 2006). In order for minorities to survive in this society, they must acclimate and therefore, lose their identity and culture. LA culture and history is littered with racial tensions and social systems, and those systemic conflicts that still exists today. Society in Los Angeles was molded to view certain minorities as criminal, especially those who are brown, forming huge racial

Mexico about the availability of Simons work” (Deverell, 2005). They kept the cycle of workers continuous so that there could be the appeal of stable labor, but at the same time exert white hierarchy and control over these powerless and uneducated people. Those who were superior to the workers made sure that the discrimination/segregation not only crushed spirits, but that it physically hindered Mexicans, to the extent that kids were illiterate and

L.A. Riots 1992: Police Brutality and Racial Tensions Introduction I recently watched the movie Freedom Writers which is a story about a high school teacher in Los Angeles who helped troubled teens use literature as an outlet to express themselves and provided them a safe haven from the violent environments they were raised from. From this movie, I learned that there were racial tensions between Blacks, Hispanics, and Koreans in L.A. during the 90’s. This made me wonder why there were tensions among

others are seen as unfair and need to be rejected immediately. However, in the 21st century, even if citizens believe such cruel laws should be changed, their first idea is normally to post something on the internet and rant about it. That right there is them practicing their 1st amendment right to the freedom of speech. In other words, it is the right of the people to be able to protest the unjust laws of the government, putting them in check of the power they have over the people. Even if they have

Angeles was surrounded in a riot in response to the "not guilty" verdicts in the trial of four white Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers accused of unlawfully beating Rodney King. Six days later, when the fires were finally extinguished and the smoke had cleared, “estimates of the material damage done vary between about $800 million and $1 billion, 54 people had been killed, more than 2000 injured, in excess of 800 structures were burned, and about 10,000 people were arrested.”(Khalifah

in a riot in response to the "not guilty" verdicts in the trial of four white Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers accused of unlawfully beating Rodney King. Six days later, when the fires were finally extinguished and the smoke had cleared, "estimates of the material damage done vary between about $800 million and $1 billion, 54 people had been killed, more than 2000 injured, in excess of 800 structures were burned, and about 10,000 people were arrested."(Khalifah 89) The 1992 riots in the

Racism is an issue that has always troubled the United States since its beginning. From the time of slavery to the Jim Crow laws that followed the passing of the 13th Amendment; from the Civil Rights era to the Rodney King beating and subsequent riots in LA; from anger over apartheid in Africa to support of Nelson Mandela by Americans both black and white; from the shooting of Trayvon Martin to the acquittal of George Zimmerman every generation has had to confront the issue of race and racism. This

However, those civil demonstrations will frequently escalate into violent protesting. Normally conflicting reports or lack of transparence surrounding the incidents is the root causes of violent protesting. The mutual trust amongst the urban communities and local authorities has never transpired in American history. The rebellious attitude or rioting dates back further than the

protests. These civil rights protests happen today as well as in the past (“Bill”, 3). These protests include the March on Selma, and The Women's March on Washington that took place in 2016 (Goldberg, 7). Civil Rights protests continue in America because people want racial and gender equality, and they should continue because they are effective. In the early fifties, African Americans in an organization