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The differences Sugrue notes may not be universal. In Oakland, plenty of Mom and Pop businesses had their windows smashed, for instance. True, the big box stores of Emeryville were pillaged but there were no protests nearby. Either the Oakland protesters went out of their way to grab TVs out of the Best Buy in Emeryville, which seems highly unlikely or the looters in Emeryville were a different set of people than those protesting in Oakland. SR. > On June 1, 2020 at 4:58 AM Louis Proyect via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu mailto:marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > wrote: > > > > While protestors in both periods broke into stores and burned buildings. > But most 60s looting and burning happened in African American > neighborhoods. “Mom and pop” businesses, including black-owned stores in > many cities, were targets, not national chains. > > 60s rebels were much less likely to loot and burn central business > districts, malls, and stores with a predominantly white clientele than > today. > > Examples: Philadelphia 1964: North Philly, Columbia Avenue and North > Broad. Philadelphia 2020: Center City, Chestnut and Walnut Streets near > Rittenhouse Square. Los Angeles 1965: Watts. Los Angeles 2020: Melrose, > the Grove Mall, even Rodeo Drive. > > Why the shift? We will need more research for a definitive answer, but I > have a few hypotheses. > > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/srobin21%40comcast.net > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
