Urban riots

soda (“Kendall Jenner…”). This one act single handedly brings everyone together in peace and harmony, but how does this advertisement cause controversy? The advertisement was released after multiple movements of the Black Lives Matter protest and riots. During these protests, many people got injured and some even killed while trying to stand up for what they believe in. The controversy deals with whether Pepsi intentionally made this commercial trying to use the serious movement to market their soda

In 1845, events in the British Isles included the invention of the rubber band, the manufacture of self-raising flour, and the infamous Jack the Ripper took his first victim. None of these made the slightest ripple in Holmeside, where day to day life did not change enough to be worth talking about, except for the passing of old faces and the birth of new ones. Otherwise, life went on as predictably as it had since the Luddite uprising, although there were few old enough to remember much about it

Fall of Asclepius By Harm 1 and Icrick Prologue Where should I begin? The apocalypse happened so fast. In less than a month, monsters infested every part of this world. People panicked, people died. They clawed at each other just to get out of all the infested areas around the world. There was problem about fleeing from infested areas. Everywhere was infested. There was no where anyone could go without encountering the walking plague. You know that phrase "War is Hell"? Well... it's dead

Remembering The Children’s Crusade, or known as one of the most stupefying events in history, could take anyone back in the days of segregation and great detriment to our own people. On May 2, 1963, a group of student protesters, in which were motivated by Martin Luther King Jr., partook in the 1963 campaign to desegregate Birmingham, Alabama. More than a thousand students skipped their classes and marched to downtown Birmingham using tactics of nonviolent direct action. The first day, hundreds were

verbal attacks can and should be met with violence (French np). Students and speakers today are discriminated against in classrooms and other scenes where free speech and debate should be especially cherished. In 2017 alone, there have been multiple riots born of originally peaceful protests. Students in Middlebury College in Vermont revolted at a peaceful debate with far-right Charles Murray. While Murray tried to reach his building, a mob formed, forcing him and his debate-partner, Allison Stanger

I have a picture from the Woman’s March from January 2017. It’s my Facebook cover photo, a Latino policeman helped me stand up on the trunk of his police car to get the photo. It’s not a professional photo, but it’s taken well enough to see that there are people going miles back. They’re a big mix of nationalities, races, sexualities, ages, and genders but they were all here for the same thing I was there for: to make sure my voice was heard and to try and help in any way I could. Before that first

Ever since Kaepernick gained public attention for sitting through the national anthem in the 2016 NFL season, the topic about the national anthem and the flag’s symbolic meanings has been a hot topic. Colin Kaepernick or any other person in the United States has absolutely every right to sit or kneel for the national anthem. The deal here is if it is appropriate for people-mostly athletes-to protest in the form of sitting or kneeling. The side supporting the protests would argue that the flag or

operators including travel agencies are increasingly worried their business will be affected. In addition, as a result of the rally will show a bad example to the children who do not know anything about politics, and they only see this rally as the riots that will affect their minds toward negative actions. Parents are the people who are responsible for what happens to their children in the event of illegal assembly because listening to incitement of certain parties to change the existing state. Parents

the 2011 riots, which took place in The United Kingdom. In the article Russell Brand conveys his disagreement with the media and his resentment regarding the politicians and the big corporations, as well as showing empathy for the working and lower classes. Russel Brand opposes the idea that the riots were a result of mindless and unnecessary violence; instead he dismisses the idea entirely and wants to focus as to why it happened, in order to prevent additional disasters, such as the riots. Russell

Tu   Tulsa Race Riots On May 31-June 1, 1921, a series of actions occurred in Greenwood, a small district in the northern parts of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which are now called the Tulsa race Riots. Being a segregated city like the rest of Oklahoma, many of Tulsa’s African American citizens resided in Greenwood- an area composed of predominately African American communities and business locations. The discovery of oil is the number one reason why Tulsa’s economy flourished. There was an abundance of