a couple of months ago, my son (age 21) asked me why riots occur (in reference to the 1992 "Rodney King" riots in LA). He clearly had no clue, so I gave him a short and quick answer. Here it is, changed a bit:
1) there's a community inside society that's outside of the mainstream and/or dominated by the rest of society. It's not well organized. 2) there's a reason for this community to be angry (cf. Rodney King). 3) opportunists and/or "hot heads" start looting, burning, and/or anti-personnel violence (which turns it into a "riot"). any thoughts? By the way, I think that this fits such riots as the "white riot" against Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chicago in 1965. It's not just a matter of ethnic minorities. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
