Stonewall riots

The Los Angeles Times described another possible reason for why these Zoot Suit riots occurred, that “Strife… arose as a result of beatings of individuals sailors by juvenile street bands and in two cases, assaults on women relatives of servicemen” (TTP Ch.8, Page 214). In other words these Mexican Americans rioted because they felt…

The decision to protest is a daunting one. It’s easy to chalk up the lack of involvement to the fear of what could happen when you submit yourself to the world of public objection. It takes a strong mind and a profound calling to partake in a protest. Personally, the decision not to protest has always bothered me more than the decision to stand up. I have passed opportunities to express dissent for something that I felt strongly about due to the possible negative social, emotional, economic, and…

Mexico Prison Riot in it’s entirety, all aspects of breakdown must be considered. It has been clearly understood by movement scholars that the riot that took place at the penitentiary was the result of diminishing solidarity between the administration and the inmates. Both of the selected scholars use their interpretation of contemporary breakdown theory to further their understanding of how riots form. Bert Useem directly applies his interpretation of breakdown theory to the NM prison riot.…

When standing for the National Anthem at sporting events nowadays you might realize some people don’t stand. Why is this, is it meant out of disrespect? Well to some athletes, they perform this action in regards of making a protest. All over the United States athletes are making a protest against the anthem and what it stands for by kneeling on the sideline instead of standing and placing their hand over their heart. NFL player, Colin Kaepernick is just one of many to make this protest but, yet…

Riots are pitiful way to get your own opinion across to many, according to Katelyn Booth in All Riots Matter, especially when those riots do more harm than good within society. Participating in the act of calling out a majority group (rioters) by pointing out certain aspects of their actions as childish in order to prove in today’s divided society that rioting is not the answer to all of the world’s problems. Booth urges the world population to understand that riots make situation worse and show…

among the riots was the manipulation of power. On one hand the riots could be morally justified because the rioters were being manipulate to abide by the radical changes. If they did not follow the change their only choice was to suffer. On, the other hand, one could argue that the rioters did not have the means to One important perspective to consider is “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. One commonality among the riots was the manipulation of power. We see this in the novel “The Great Riots…

important protests and riots due to the lack of work during the 20th century in Canada. The most important riot was the Regina riot, a revolution that brought hope and courage to the citizens of Canada during the great depression. The government sent single, unemployed men to work in relief camps under bad conditions and little pay. These men decided to protest in Ottawa, and present their issues about the relief camps to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. This caused violent riots between the relief…

Movement in America, there were lots of protests and riots which were for the equal rights and freedoms for the black community. Reports on rioting normally portray it as single event unrelated to the larger issue which led the urban violence to initiate. Rioting in America has normally been conducted by African Americans and other minorities who are protesting and when the protesting turns violent, rioting begins. The following are major riots which have occurred in the United States and in all…

Draft In Tulsa Oklahoma on September 16th 2016, Terence Crutcher was fatally shot by Officer Betty Jo Shelbie. The police were originally notified because there was a car stalled in the middle of the road but by the end of it, a black unarmed man was murdered in cold blood. A helicopter from above captured the video where the man was shot. He was called a “bad dude”, however was he really so? No. "That big 'bad dude' was a father," his sister said after watching the video. "That big bad dude was…

No Hip In The Wild Tren Linsley Violence and chaos, is used, in conjunction with symbolic aspects, and binary opposition as literary tools, in “No Church In the Wild” to show fundamental problems with gender inequality in society, pointing out the irony that men are the ones with all the power, yet are ones who use it for violence. “No Church In The Wild” in this sense is a very overzealous example of “hipster” counterculture. The video opens with a relatively still shot of a man holding a…