Jerome Sanders Professor Pfieifle History 34 June 3‚ 2014 Final Question #3: American culture during the 1920’s mixed vibrancy and greater openness with prejudice and discrimination. How do the roles and expectations of women contribute to the changing culture – and sometimes clashes in culture – of the era? [19th Amendment‚ flappers‚ “dating”‚ birth control movement‚ Harlem Renaissance] During the 1920’s women were restricted from many things and society tried to control and limit their personal
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all respect for police officers and is what eventually leads to these protests and violent riots. These riots that have occurred show that those members of the community are out for blood and will do whatever it takes for their voice to be heard and to stand against police brutality. One of the most famous riots that happened here in California were the Los Angeles Riots‚ also known as the Rodney King Riots. Rodney King was caught speeding by the police but because he was afraid that his probation
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Race is an ambiguous concept possessed by individuals‚ and according to sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant‚ it is socially constructed; it also signifies differences and structure inequalities. Race divides people through categories which led to cultural and social tensions. It also determined inclusion‚ exclusion‚ and segregation in U.S society. Both inclusion and exclusion tie together to create the overall process of segregation — one notion cannot occur without resulting in the others
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music gave me a voice. At the time when the Rodney King beating occurred‚ the city of Los Angeles became a literal war zone. We were introduced to Twilight: Los Angeles‚ 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith. When I first looked at the structure Smith used in her book‚ I was skeptical. I had never read books with this style. The style is very unique and this book is a mixture of poetry and autobiographical accounts of L.A. Riots. Even though I agreed with a
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But the the typical gang member is not confined to South-Central Los Angeles. He lives in places like Wilmington‚ Pomona‚ Santa Ana‚ East Los Angeles and Nor walk. He’s a Chicano‚ one of the estimated 45‚000 Chicano gang members throughout Los Angeles County that literary outweighs the estimated 25‚000 black gang members. He is a heir to a history of violence that dates back to the {text:soft-page-break}
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Ethnic Studies 001 2015 Summer Session 1 Tues. & Thurs. 1:10-4:00 p.m. INTN 1002 Professor Macías Office: 4042 INTN Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs.12:00-1:00 p.m. E-mail: anthony.macias@ucr.edu Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity This course is an introduction to race and ethnicity‚ focused on the United States‚ that examines the “evolution” and continuing relevance of racial identities and ethnic notions‚ as well as the development and defense of advantageous privileges‚ over time‚ contextualized
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over again about the Los Angeles police department and major miss conduct. This trial was the most highly followed criminal trial of all time. National surveys following the trial showed the differences between how blacks and whites viewed the case. In fact‚ the Los Angeles government and police feared major racial riots if OJ was convicted. The city of Los Angeles has had prior racial riots because of police brutality‚ police fraud and racial discrimination. The most severe riot was in 1965. During
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political event. One of those songs is from my favorite rock band Sublime. The title of the song is April 29‚ 1992. It is a song talks about the riots that broke out in Los Angeles on April 29th. 1992. after four white police officers were acquitted by a largely white jury for beating an African American named Rodney King. It became one of the biggest riots in U.S history. On March 3‚ 1991 an African American by the name of Rodney King was driving at excessive speeds on the 210 freeway. He was
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Rayan Apelian Racism “A Raisin in the Sun” is about a family‚ The Youngers‚ that lives in the south side of Chicago. Lena Younger (Mama) is the oldest in the family. She has a son named Walter and a daughter named Beneatha. Walter has a wife and son. The Youngers are a poor family. This is easily realized because five people are living in a small one bedroom apartment. The hopes of the family gets a boost when they get a 10‚000$ check from life insurance of Lena’s husband. Lena wants to buy a big
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Journal‚ I was an African American storeowner during the Watts Riots in LA in the 1960s. I witnessed the destruction of my neighborhood. I witnessed the pain and despair that overwhelmed so many people because they were a part of a state that did not care to fix the issues that their urban cities were facing every day. Countless of individuals were filled with so much anger and loss of hope for a better future. In the 1960s‚ Los Angeles had very few neighborhoods that African Americans were “allowed”
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