L.A. Riots Essay

Mop-Top Geniuses The Sixties were an electrifying, experimental period of time with great social and technological change. Some people called it the “decade of discontent” because of the race riots that were taking place in various parts of the country like Detroit and L.A., and the protests against the Vietnam War. Other people called it the decade of peace and love due to the surfacing of the flower children and the peace movement. There was a lot happening in the sixties. It was about a new style

Throughout history, civil disobedience has been used to bring about change across a wide variety of civil rights issues. In India, Mahatma Gandhi used civil disobedience to nonviolently protest against the British Raj and, after a thirty-year struggle, earn independence both for himself and his people. In the United States, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. employed civil disobedience to overcome both the Jim Crow laws that had oppressed the African-American minority and the systemic racism that was

concern. Violence swept across the City of Los Angeles after 'not guilty' verdicts were handed down for officers charged with beating Rodney King (Ramos, 1992). While allegations of racially-motivated police brutality are common in this city, the riots were triggered by a video actually showing the officers mercilessly beating the victim. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, five New Orleans police officers were charged with shooting unarmed civilians (Roberston, 2012). Although other New Orleans

Association of Science Writers. She has written for The Washington Post, MORE, The L.A. Times, Mother Jones, Vogue, the New York Times, and for the New Yorker. This book was actually named as one of the ten best memoirs in 2013. Although this was her first book, she started her career off at the San Francisco Bay Guardian and then worked for the San Francisco Chronicle. She wrote articles on social issues, health care, riots, and about the AIDS epidemic. She is currently working on her second book that

As N.W.A fell into the laps of the mainstream target audience: white, middle class, suburban males and their angst filled teens, more problems began to arise regarding the misconceptions of gangster rap and appropriation of the experience of black men in low income cities. Most of the rap that this demographic would hear on the radio was the lighter Pop-Rap of MC Hammer and The Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff. According to GZA, the founder of the Wu Tang Clan, “the label (Gangster Rap) was created by

head with clubs. (Thomas, J. (2011) Slate.com) According to Slate.com, sixteen patrons in the bar were arrested and the bar owner was also arrested along with three others that came to her defense. Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons’ book, Gay L.A. stated that one of the bartenders suffered a ruptured spleen

considered to be “low art” because it is performed on the streets and by a lower social class, lacking any form of technical training. Recently, there has been some evolution in the Krumping community and there is a major annual Krump battle held in L.A. named the Battle Zone. The battle showcases competition for an audience and there are actual winners and losers. This is still a form of low art because of its relationship to low class and the African American race as opposed to structured European

Gangsta rap originated in the late 1980’s. “Ice Cube (O 'Shea Jackson) of the rap group NWA (Niggaz with Attitude) wrote the song "Gangsta Gangsta," and it shocked America with its violent, sexist, and obscene lyrics. "Gangsta Gangsta" ushered in a new genre of hip-hop music called gangsta rap, which became identified with Compton, a predominately black and Latino working-class and working poor neighborhood in Los Angeles”. Many people did not agree with the sexist and indecent lyrics in gangsta

Researching the Asian American Culture There are fundamental differences between Eastern and Western cultures and the meeting of these cultures has had several effects, both in Asia and here in the US. Overseas, you can see the juxtaposition of American pop culture on the older modes of Asian thought and society. Here, New Age religions find new excuses in Asian religions and philosophies and Anime is appears regularly on Saturday morning cartoons. Often, this juxtaposition becomes turbulent

In 1995, O.J. Simpson, a popular sports player and public figure, was accused of the double homicide of Ron Goldman and his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Within the following months, the trial became increasingly popular as the celebrity’s case deepened. Due to its popularity, the case revealed many aspects that shocked and confounded the public. Consequently, the issue of race arose within what was viewed as the most shocking component of the trial: the verdict. As the infamous O.J. Simpson verdict