Sunday, May 15, 2016
Still not Equal
In the 90's, America was a booming country, with technology sprouting every which way. To most, we thought we had left the era of stigmatization and unrest behind, and in a lot of cases, we had, but not everywhere. Racial unrest was still majorly prevalent in the 90's especially in the justice system. The 90's saw some of the biggest riots America has ever seen, and they were because of racial injustice. This started when Rodney King's beating had been captured on video camera in early 1991. After a trial had been conducted and none of the police officers were indicted on any charges, riots broke out all over LA. These were some of the most destructive and damaging riots America had ever seen, and with the introduction of more TV exposure, the whole country saw the horrors that were taking place. This was the start of more changes that would come in order to bring true equality to the justice system for minorities of all types. The point of this post was not to educate on everything wrong that was happening, it was simply to remind everyone that racism was not out of American minds by the 1990's.
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I agree with you that the riots were the start of more changes. Racism is a big part of our world today. What can the Rodney King riots teach us today?
ReplyDeleteI like that you took the time to include the last part at the end of the post. Also, I think it is interesting how so much of the events that transpired in the 90s that were centered around racism are still relative to today.
ReplyDeleteVery well put Zachary! But sadly I think that as long as race exists there will be people that will try to exploit the differences and cause others harm so that they are able to feel power over them. Human Kind seems to have an unhealthy obsession with power dynamics and the need to always be in control, so I think that naturally there will always be that underlying source of racism, no matter what decade we cross over into.
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