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In reply to the discussion: 11 stunning images highlight double-standard of reaction to riots like Baltimore [View all]hatrack
(59,587 posts)18. Last paragraph from post above (which you apparently didn't read)
As Mic's Zak Cheney-Rice noted in January, these rioters are usually called "revelers," "celebrants" and "fans." They're not even called "rioters" in many cases. They're not derided as "criminals," "thugs," "pigs" or even "violent." Those descriptors, as events in Baltimore Monday night revealsyet again, are only reserved for black people. They're the ones who need to be quelled by militarized police forces. They're the ones who need to be off the streets, immediately. They're diminishing the validity of their cause. Yet, somehow, reckless behavior over a sports team, not a systemic matter of life and death, is viewed as a costly nuisance.
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11 stunning images highlight double-standard of reaction to riots like Baltimore [View all]
gollygee
Apr 2015
OP
The only riot in that article that matches my criteria are the Draft Riots during the Civil War.
DetlefK
Apr 2015
#13
Mainly because when white people riot, they're usually rioting over the outcome of some
KingCharlemagne
Apr 2015
#58
8 women were raped in Detroit in the aftermath of the Tigers winning the World Series in 1984.
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2015
#28