In this article by Madison Park and Kyung La about the riots at the University of California, Berkeley, it goes into detail about the context of these riots. The perpetrators were a group of anarchists that are known in that area of California. In the article, it was said that these people “were not affiliated with the university” (“Berkeley Protests”). These protests caused lots of damage at the university, and it is having devastating consequences. The administration at UC Berkeley might have to pay off $100,000 in repairs. As well, Donald Trump is not feeling well about the situation and is threatening to punish the university because of the fact that this is a violation of free speech. He tweeted after the event occurred that he was
College is full of new experiences, new people, and new communities, and many universities encourage the exchange of new ideas and diversity among students. This year, the University of Chicago sent out a letter to all of its incoming freshmen informing them that in keeping with their beliefs of freedom of expression and healthy discussion and debate, the school would not provide “safe spaces” or “trigger warnings”. Senior Sophie Downes found this letter to be misleading in many ways, including in the definitions of safe spaces and trigger warnings, as well as the issues it was addressing. Downes claims that the letter was misrepresenting the school, but also was using the letter as a sort
Even though many of the protesters were severely beaten, they still stood their stance and got the message out. What is a Riot? According to Encyclopedia.gov a riot “is a social occasion involving relatively spontaneous collective violence directed at property, persons, or authority.” There are five main
There has been controversy in the world about police brutality and whether police have used excessive force to apprehend a subject is increasing. Police brutality has been around for a long time, but it just now televised. In the late 19th century, the issue of police brutality was often tied to business owners’ efforts to break up strikes by workers attempting to organize and form labor unions, also on a day known as Bloody Sunday where a group of peaceful protesters were literally beaten to the ground, sprayed with tear gas, and water hose by the police (“Police Brutality”). Even in 2015 in Baltimore Freddie Gray, 25-year-old African-American male, died while in police custody due to injuries in the spine and in some parts of Baltimore the
After hours of student resistance the military was called in to handle the situation. The obstruction ended when the soldiers killed some of the students by blasting the main door of the National Preparatory School in San Ildefonso with a bazooka. The National University oversaw the Preparatory School, so the involvement of university officials and students was inevitable. In the following hours, the students decided to organize and protest against the violence exerted by the riot police. Over the following months, Mexico City witnessed a series of student protests and rallies. (Diaz-Cortes)The demonstrations and activities in the summer of 1968 was directed against the Mexican government 's suppression of the growing student and social movements. Students thought that the government would hear their demands but instead they were greeted with a clear message from the president: "No more unrest will be tolerated." The army proceeded in the following days to seize the National University, with virtually no resistance from the students, and later the National Polytechnic Institute, with active and violent student resistance. (Diaz-Cortes) After these events the students decided to meet again on October 2nd 1968 not knowing this would be the day that tragedy would strike
...s. In both cases people in poverty didn’t have many opportunities coming their way. Although the riots were twenty seven years apart they both shared the same problems. People living in both communities did not have many resources available to them. In those twenty seven years, buildings in those areas were still rundown and many jobs weren’t available. Schools were still not on the same level as those in advantaged areas. What if African Americans were given better jobs and education? If they had received both the riots would not have started. They would have not felt oppressed and let anger just grow inside. Once the resentment started growing, it was only a matter of time before a riot broke out. In both riots you can see how the LAPD’s heavy hand was involved. African Americans were not receiving the same justice as the Caucasian residents of Los Angeles.
On the morning of March 3rd, 1991 an African-American man led police on a high-speed chase through the city of Los Angeles. Approximately eight miles later police swarmed around the car and confronted the driver, who went by the name Rodney King. During the confrontation, officers tortured King until the point he was forced to seek medical care. A case was opened and the police officers were acquitted. This angered many people, specifically Blacks and led to the historical “L.A. Riots’’ , where they felt race had something to do with the case.
The Watts riots is one of the most important riots in the many important riots that have occurred in the United States. Thousands of African-Americans, fed up with the horrible police brutality at the time, reacted by battling the police in the streets along with the looting and burning of White-owned stores. The riot was unprecedented, but not unexpected, during a time of great racial tension, with the Civil Rights Movement having become an ever-increasing strain on the country. Police brutality was not the only factor in causing the riot, as there were economic problems in the Black community at the time that also contributed to the unrest. The Watts riot, also known as the Watts Rebellion, influenced riots to come in the decades following
Many college campuses restrict free speech solely to these areas, meaning that the rest of campus is not open for expression.
Even at the most prestigious American Universities, a war currently wages. Around Halloween each year, there is often a debate on college campuses across the United States as to whether students should be allowed to wear costumes that could be deemed stereotypical or offensive. Just this past month a prestigious Yale lecturer, Erika Christakis, found herself at the center of a campuswide upheaval after she sent an email urging a dialogue on the controversy. Instead of inspiring that dialogue, Christakis found herself the target of an endless barrage of protests and backlash that eventually ended in her resignation from the college. The following is an excerpt from the email Christakis sent to the students of Yale’s Silliman:
The presidents of leading American colleges and universities are in outrage at President Trump’s first executive order. The order prohibits the entrance of immigrants from seven predominately Muslim countries to the United States. The educators have rallied together and are appalled at the limitations this puts on their students and the loss of “innovations and scholarship” that would be brought by them (Source B). The use of logos and ad hominem are employed in the letter to plead that Trump “rectify” and “rescind” the order (Source B).
The year 1968 was bombarded with momentous events that undoubtedly changed the course of history. The film Walkout managed to recapture and revitalize some of the events such as the East Los Angeles Walk Outs or also known as the Chicano Blowouts. Director Edward James Olmos, did a superb job when portraying the events that occurred in March 1968 in addition to the ways Chicano and Chicana students were being taken advantage of by the Los Angeles Unified School District in order to save money. In this review, however, I will be elaborating on how the school district demonstrated institutional inequality towards its students and how it resulted in some characters to undergo a transformation. At the same time, I will be describing how the film
We focused on choosing a topic that really came true to the National History Day theme of taking a stand. We chose the Astor Place Riots, which occurred on May 10th, 1849 in Manhattan, New York City, because it represented people taking a stand for the actors Edwin Forrest (American) and William Charles Macready (English). The riots were one of the most catastrophic events in New York history. We went into research for the two actors’ background, and the full details of the riots. We chose this topic because we wanted to work on a project that had deep history and something that not many people have heard of. We started our research by visiting many articles that we searched on Google. Finding all of our secondary sources was easy. Primary sources were a bit harder to find because our topic is older. We went deep into finding primary sources, such as going to the library and finding books on the Astor Place Riots. We also found many pictures that showed actual evidence of the riots and the intensity of the event.
Peaceful resistance to laws positively impact a free society because if there isn't, how will people hear the voices of the oppressed and mistreated? Peaceful resistance comes a long way in trying to advance the rights and customs of the oppressed today. For example, The Salt March of 1930 was based on the Salt Act of 1882, which excluded the people the India from producing or getting salt, only British officials. Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of this protest. According to an article by time.com, it says that "The protest continued until Gandhi was granted bargaining rights at a negotiation in London. India didn’t see freedom until 1947, but the salt satyagraha (his brand of civil disobedience) established Gandhi as a force to be reckoned with and set a powerful precedent for future nonviolent protestors, including Martin Luther King Jr.(Sarah Begley,2015)" This means the salt march was a start for India's independence. Also, Gandhi's brand of civil disobedience set precedents for future nonviolent protests. Another Example of how peaceful protests
More than a thousand students, faculty and staff could be seen walking in solidarity, and chanting things like "Donald Trump go away." However,organizers says it wasn't an anti-trump rally. Instead they called it 'the people's walkout.' "Dr. Martin Luther King said it before, you don't attack the person you attack the problem. We're not trying to attack a certain particular person, we're attacking the rhetoric that his campaign might have brought out of people," explains Cornell University Sophomore, Betzabel Vazquez.
Police brutality and racism are an ongoing problem in our country. It goes back hundreds of years with no sign of it stopping. Police officers have been abusing their power since they have been around. Abuse against African American males by white police officers is getting out of hand. Most officers face no punishment at, and all there is a special code that they follow. Officers follow The “Blue Code of Silence”, which is a code that means they look out for one another. Even with video recording devices, the news, and social media, these events still go on. African Americans take most of the abuse and it looks like there is no end to this. This is a reflection on our society, and it makes us look ignorant to what is going on around us.