The Watts Riots

Englewood wasn’t always the number one most violent neighborhood ; it became this way due to unemployment rates and gangs evolving throughout chicago . Which leads to the question of “ To what extent were gangs and unemployment rates responsible for the amount of violence in Englewood “ ? Within this historical investigation , research will be done on the amount of and the type of gangs that are associated within Englewood . Everyday someone dies and every second someone gets shot . It’s very essential to know where the conflict derived from and how ; hence , why this topic is so interesting , in most people’s opinion . Also , this is very important to research because most African Americans live in Englewood . It’s come to a point where everyday could be your last and everything you love can all be gone in the blink of an eye. Also , research will be done on the unemployment rate within the Englewood area .

Socioeconomic separation was more obvious in the past. In Elizabeth and Hazel, parts of the town were segregated by race. White people had better roads, houses, and cars due to the higher income and racial favoritism they got from the other White city officials. Therefore, white neighborhoods were in much better condition than the Black neighborhoods. Elizabeth, observing this racial divide in neighborhood conditions, states: “Little Rock in the Eisenhower era was a racial checkerboard, with blocks of whites and blocks of Blacks interspersed throughout large parts of the city. The white blocks were paved while the Black ones were clay” (6). Since Black people got paid less, they stayed in poor neighborhoods, which tend to have low-quality schools, more crime, and social problems. Due to the consequences of living in a segregated area, white people went to better schools and got better paying jobs while Black people continued to suffer. Black people ended up being stuck in a cycle of an unofficial caste system. This “caste system” based on socio-economic racism has evolved and still exists today.

While today Los Angeles is prided on being one of the most diverse cities in the United States, there was (and still is) a tremendous amount of resistance that had to be overcome. Society’s inclination to maintain homogeneity along with the testing of loyalties and allegiance through pressures of war have proven great obstacles in the evolution of what is now a majority-minority city. Nina Revoyr’s Southland gives a historic fictional recount of Los Angeles’ most tested times from perspectives looking in to the past, present, and future. The discovery of unpleasant truths through grave social injustices provide a painful reminder of Los Angeles’ history and consequently a warning for future setbacks. Southland is an emotional testament to the inescapability of discrimination within stratified cities and the unspoken necessity of assimilation that occurs as a result.

The second city also selected for this report is located just south of Los Angeles California, the City of Compton founded on May 11, 1888 was the eighth city to be incorporated. A brief history on Compton and its population is that according to the U.S Census Bureau in 2010, the total population size was at 96,455 residents. This number of residents is lower than what was expected to see in California. After further investigation in the website, after five-year span in 2015, the population of Compton raised to 97,955 residents. Although the smaller population growth isn’t what it seems to be like in Arvada Colorado. But in 2016 in Compton California the total population size decreased to 97,550 residents. A decrease in 400 residents within the one year span. Both cities roughly over 1,000 miles apart do share some similarities and differences between them.

The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 helped to further show how African Americans are looked as inferior, not just within the citizens of the United States, but the Congress and criminal justice system. White and black beaches were separated by an invisible line; the black beach on 25th street and whites on 29th street. The story of Eugene Williams swimming on the beach worsened after a white police officer, Dan Callahan, refused to intervene or arrest the group of white men responsible for his death, in turn starting the deadliest racial violence in Chicago history. The riot lasted a week with protestors full of rage mostly on the South side with white gangs attacking isolated blacks and blacks attacking isolated whites.

During the time of the civil rights movement, milwaukee was considered to be one of the most segregated cities at the time. An extensive amount of African American had moved to the city during and after world war II, and by the time of the civil rights movement, the black community had accounted for 15 percent of Milwaukee’s population . It isn’t a surprise that majority of African Americans in Milwaukee lived in the north side of the city, which accumulated increasing volatility due to limited job opportunities, poverty, and segregation.Racial segregation in Milwaukee and around the world has always been a phenomenon with intricate historical roots. The complex history of slavery, employment discrimination, tax inequity, redlining, discriminatory housing policies, and multiple other issue have lead Milwaukee to be segregated. Despite the fact that Milwaukee’s has a unique history, social forces and government policies created and reinforced residential segregation throughout the united states, so why is Milwaukee worse than most cities in America? Well suburban housing is more expensive than city housing and another thing that distinguishes metro Milwaukee from other areas is the incredible racial disparity in median household incomes in metro Milwaukee, which prevents many minorities from being able to afford suburban housing. So segregation is a huge problem in the milwaukee metro area because of the racial disparity in median household incomes, education, and

Going to the second Watts Riot or Rebellion I found that the people that were talking to us about the Watts Rebellion where people that were directly affected by it. A Gentlemen named Guilion who was born in Miami, Florida moved his business from Miami to Carson California about 3 miles away from Cal State University Dominguez Hills. He was an older gentlemen probably in his late 70s early 80s and he said he remembers the day the Riots began. He said he was sitting in his store which was a shoe store he wouldn't give the name of the store but he said it was on the news and he encouraged us to look it up he said he is pretty sure it was on the internet, but he said the watts rebellion ruined his business for a great deal of time. He said

According to Daily Life... (Kaldin, 2000) the population of suburban areas during the 1950s had started to double from 36 million to 74 million. This rise in suburban residents had continued from 1950 to 1970.When more families had started to move to suburban areas, they came together by adding things such as playgrounds, libraries, and schools to the neighborhood to benefit their kids. This “flight to the suburbs” was difficult for blacks because of the racism in society at the time. Many black people were ignored and shunned at this time in society, so it was hard for blacks to move into suburbs knowing that they could be ridiculed in these areas because of their skin color.

In 1992 the city of Los Angeles was one of our nation’s largest cities. It had an estimated population of over 9 million.1 The city had been in a deteriorating state for several years. There also had been tension growing between the citizens and the police for nearly the last 30 years. This had a lot to do with riots that occurred in Los Angeles back in the 1960’s.2

Racial segregation has had a long history in Chicago. While separation by nationality had always been apparent in the city, with neighborhoods typically being dominated by a certain ethnicity, no group of Chicagoans experienced the degree of segregation that African Americans faced in everything from the housing districts to public services. Forced to live only in designated areas by de facto segregation, redlining, and other tactics, they had limited chances to escape the cycle of danger and discrimination of the city. Confined to only their deteriorating neighborhoods,they had little chance.

Oakland, California. A place where people call it home or a war zone. In the case of many teenagers, Oakland was their destruction. Based on my reading, The Labeling Theory will best suit with this book simply because many teens from this volume were said to be someone they weren’t. In case you don’t know about this theory, the focus of it is not on the behavior of a person but on how others view that behavior or the person itself. According to the book “Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys”, all the teens experienced being misread as horrific people based on their shade of skin color. In the book, Victor Rios declared how “[the] system had such an extensive influence on the lives of the boys that many of them were

In August 2011, some major cities in England experienced riots and looting. The immediate explanation was that English cities were infested with ‘feral gangs of youths’ – a perception gained from the clips shown on television. However, while many of those prosecuted were young, they were not exclusively young. Also they were not always from broken homes or from a background of deprivation or unemployment. Some of those caught, prosecuted and imprisoned had professional qualifications and/or worked within professions such as teaching – the media highlighted the example of a teaching assistant sent to prison whose primary task in his school was to coach youngsters on acceptable behaviour.

Los Angeles is a city where many important and famous people live. Most people think that most of the population living in Los Angeles is rich because of famous places such as Rodeo Drive and Hollywood where most American movies are produced. The United States has a strong economy, is very safe, and solves a lot of big problems outside the border. United States has a lot of organizations, associations and charities for human rights; however, a big city like Los Angeles has a dark side, it has the highest percentage of homeless people, drug addicts and alcoholics in the United States. Almost all of these people live in one neighborhood, which is called Skid Row. It is located in the southern part of Los Angeles. It started as a home for

which took a toll on our community. The area I grew up did not have the best schools, with limited resources to better help young kids like myself succeed. I went to Carthay Center Elementary School, which was predominantly low-income minority families that came also came from poverty neighborhoods. My parents were not able to get me into a highly rated school due our financial capabilities, as well as dealing with other financial struggles. A high percentage of people in my community did not have stable jobs and many worked on a day by day basis.The neighborhood i grew up in suffered tremendously from theft and riots fueled by gang members. At the time, South Los Angeles suffered from a strong outpouring

Variety is the spice of life, people play different roles to make such massive and splendid society. However, people do not always do things perfectly in order to fit in the society. In other words, unless wrong decision can be fixed as soon as possible, or it causes serious problems such as the Watts Riots in 1965. It is one of the most influential rebellions in California. Before the 1900s, California was primarily a city ran by whites and times were tough, apparently, the Law enforcement was every bit as rough. Since the early 20th century, the black population of the city doubled, yet blacks weren't the only ones moving to LA. Latinos and Negroes all were moving there in hopes of finding work. With politicians doing what politicians do, blacks and other races than White were looked down on. White people, or landowners in general, were not allowing other races to move into certain areas of the city (Behrens, 2011). Due to the inequality of rights, a segment of society begins forms its gap. With the years of embitterment of economic, political isolation and an exposure to the Marquette Frye incident, a sudden voice of anger soon began, spurred on by residents who lived in an area near Compton. The riots lasted six days, was reported 34 dead, 1,032 injured, approximately 4,000 arrested, and $40 million worth of property destroyed (Source#4). Speaking synoptically, such tragic correspond with the reasonless failure of education