The Zoot Suit Riots started when a group of U.S sailors were attacked by Zoot Suiters in Los Angeles. As a result for 7 days service men would enter barrios and attack the Mexican-American community where many Pachucos were badly beaten and stripped of their suits. What was ironic about this event was that many Zoot Suiters were seen as people who were not supportive of WWII, and America. In reality many Zoot Suiters were actually U.S servicemen, in fact one of the main leaders of the Zoot Suiters was enlisted in the Marines. After 7 days of riots, the Los Angeles City Council had passed a bill stating that Zoot Suits were to be banned in Los Angeles.…
From the outset, Massachusetts was the leader of the anti-British protests for a few reasons. First and foremost, the British establishment of the Dominion of New England- which combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a Royal governor (Edmund Andros)- angered the Massachusetts colonists and created a tense relationship between Great Britain and the colony early on. In addition, there was a growing colonial merchant class in Massachusetts whose wealth and prosperity was threatened by the slew of taxes that the British enacted, particularly the Navigation, Sugar, Stamp and Tea acts. The Massachusetts colony was also the chief center of resistance; serving as the home…
There are many different factors that led up to the Zoot Suit Riots. Sleepy Lagoon murder was one of the many factors that contributed to the zoot suit riots. Dora and Hank or two victims of the zoot suit riot and they thought the people who beat them were at a party. Jose Diaz was beaten and stabbed and he eventually died. The unwritten rules were that people of color should remain hidden in public, but the zoot-suiters were loud and bold.…
The book 1968, the Year that Rocked the World, by Mark Kurlansky was an intriguing and informative book that is a National Bestseller. In the book, Kurlansky bluntly explained several influential events that divided the world through varies of political views in wars, protests and murders in 1968. For example, Kurlansky mention and explained the Cold War, Vietnam War, African American rights movements/ protests, murders and assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy and the riots at the National Convention in Chicago. These are only some of the events in 1968 that did indeed Rocked the World. Kurlansky, define 1968 as the year that Rocked the World, in a matter of emphasizing to the readers that the events he explained in the…
Cesar Chavez uses personification by giving his nonviolent protest human ability. Using that personification Chavez tries to persuade the country into using nonviolent protest and steer away from a more violent form. Cesar Chavez also uses rhetorical writing to explain the importance of nonviolent protest. Chavez's use of personification in the excerpt “With which our struggles have grown and matured”. This piece lets us know that everyday their struggle gets worse.…
The Vietnam War was a chilling time in American History. Many who did not grow up in that era of time look at the nineteen sixties as a time of peace and love. The truth is, it was a time of violence and turmoil in America. Race riots were happening all over our country, drugs were being embraced by a new generation and there were political riots about the draft and the involvement of the American government in Vietnam. No one suffered more from the chilling effects of the Vietnam War than the soldiers who fought it.…
In the summer of 1969 in New York a group of gay men, lesbian women and transgender individuals, most of whom were people of color, rose up against the police officers that were raiding the Stonewall Inn and unjustly arresting people. This started what later became known as the Stonewall Riots, which many people consider to be the very beginning of the gay rights movement in America. Years later, in 1980 in El Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador was assassinated while celebrating mass. He was killed by the right-wing militia because he often called the government's corrupt practices which promoted social inequality that benefited the oligarchy and promoted poor treatment for the working class. While the rest of the…
Intro Good Morning Year 11, Ms Walsh and Ms Sotirios. This morning I will be discussing the SBS documentary The Cronulla Riots. This documentary is an informative and educative text that provides responders with an insight into Australia's social and cultural context. I will be examining how contemporary texts offer modern possibilities, alongside interactive features and a combination of documentary techniques.…
The United States is a country founded on the principles of liberty, one of the rights of the people is to challenge the government if need be. Thus, entwined with the history of the United States is the act of rioting. A riot is a group of individuals, about a dozen or more, attempting to insight change, many times with violence. Riots can be incited for political, social and or economic reasons. So much so that there is no period in the nations story without a fair share of riots.…
Very little has reformed from the earlier few decades when reexamining the 1992 election race for the presidency. Sulking tempers, outbursts, and verbal abuse may have reached all-time highs between candidates; however, the promises made and ideas imposed by each elective have not budged an inch. Per the National Bureau of Economic Research, ethnic diversity seems to be the major determinant for rioting in L.A., while little evidence points to poverty in the community as a large cause. (Glaeser 1) Media coverage of the riots would provide ample election exposure for the running nominees. It was this very same ethnic diversity that brings about the Black Lives Matter(BLM) activist movement in 2013, in response to the acquittal of George…
In fact, according to Susan Olsak, Suzanna Shanahan, and Elizabeth McEneaney in their article “Poverty, Segregation and Race Riots: 1960 to 1993,” during this time period analyzed there have been 154 race riots in this country, which is an average of over four per year during that thirty-three year period (601). However, no matter how much we talk about these events we never really get to the heart of the problem. When race riots happen people fixate on whether they are good or bad, but when that happens the grievance of the event in the first place go unheard. When a riot occurs we can hear all about how much damage was caused, or how many people were arrested; however we never hear about the circumstances of the ghetto that the riot took place in, or the many problems those people face on a daily bases. Until this changes the country will never be able to truly gain equality, and we can never truly be free from the threat of a race…
In the Mother Jones website, the journalist decided to put about thirteen graphic videos of police brutality. “Below are 13 videos of fatal police encounters recorded between March 16, 2014, and April 4, 2015. A majority of the suspects were unarmed” (Vicens). The videos would make anyone cringe about the police force that is being overused in the United States. The worst thing is about the effects that is changing America and dividing us.…
The Occupy Movement began as a way for the common person to stand up and protest the wealth and privilege of the one percent. Starting with Occupy Wall Street in New York City 's Zuccotti Park, beginning on 17 September 2011, the Occupy Movement spread to over 950 international cities by the end of that year. While the movement showed how the 99% wanted change to occur in the world with regards to wealth and privilege, a lack of leadership, a limited clear set goals, and a countercultural strategy plighted the movement in its early stages before major changes could occur. In Justin Campbell’s interview with Micah White, an ex-Occupy activist, Micah talks about the shortfalls of the Occupy Movement, and how he is working to revitalize revolutionary…
In April 29,1992 The Los Angeles Riots were known as the Rodney King Riots but the riots were a series of riots, lootings, arsons, and civil disturbance and that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in 1992. The Riots began in The South Central Los Angeles which had spread out into different areas over a six-day period time with Los Angeles metropolitan area in California , beginning in April 1992. The Riots Began in April 19, 1992 After a Trial was over because the jury acquitted to four police officers in The Los Angeles Police Department of the use of an excessive forces in the videotaped arrest of the beating of Rodney King. There were thousands of people throughout the metropolitan in the area of Los Angeles Rioted at least over…
A.) Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that civil disobedience is the right protest to get your point across. I made this my specific purpose because I believe that violent protest distracts what is really going on. In other words people are so focus on being violent than actually accomplishing what they believe in. I am a strong believe that violence is not the key to do things when it comes to protest..…