in a riot in response to the "not guilty" verdicts in the trial of four white Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers accused of unlawfully beating Rodney King. Six days later‚ when the fires were finally extinguished and the smoke had cleared‚ "estimates of the material damage done vary between about $800 million and $1 billion‚ 54 people had been killed‚ more than 2000 injured‚ in excess of 800 structures were burned‚ and about 10‚000 people were arrested."(Khalifah 89) The 1992 riots in the
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How might deindividuation theory explain the looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots? What are the strengths and limitations of this kind of approach to understanding collective behaviour? In this essay I will firstly describe what the deindividuation theory is and the approaches of different psychologists who have molded and formed this theory. I will then explain how this theory can shed light on why the looting in 2011 took place and how this theory can give evidence to why
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Explore media representations of Muslims in Australia in the post-September 11 period. What are the effects of such images‚ both on the Muslim community‚ and the Australian community more broadly? As one of the most significant social agents in today’s society‚ the media has the potential to not only influence‚ but also alter the views and opinions of the general public. According to the type of language used and the nature of the information being disseminated‚ its influence can have an immense
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hand‚ the national stereotype will be glorified and held above the rest by things such as the advertisement “Where the bloody hell are ya?” On the other hand‚ the national stereotype can be shamed and seen as a disgrace when events such as the Cronulla riots in September 2005 took place. Some of the most important factors to think about when considering what the idea of the Australian stereotype is seeing the way in which Australians are stereotyped. And also looking at if the Australian stereotypes
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How Muslims are Represented in Australian Media Muslim Australians are an ethnically diverse group of people‚ yet the tone of certain media reports implies that all Muslims are the same. A stereotype of hysteria‚ inherent violence and barbaric practices often seems to be deliberately perpetuated‚ either to marginalise Muslim people as the uncivilised “Other” in the dichotomy between Eastern and Western culture‚ or for purely commercial reasons—sensational stories guarantee higher newspaper sales
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State Ministers of the Native Welfare Conference (1961) The Policy of Assimilation. Available: http://archive.aiatsis.gov.au/referendum/18801.pdf (accessed 27 April 2012). Crumley‚ B. (2011) The Riots of Paris and London: A Tale of Two Cities. Available: http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/08/09/the-riots-of-paris-and-london-a-tale-of-two-cities/ (accessed 26 April 2012). Das‚ S. (2006) Howard ’s way: multiculturalism is out‚ assimilation is in. The Age‚ 27 January. Available: http://www.theage.com
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Prejudice and discrimination is still very evident today in Australian Society. ‘’In Australia‚ a society created on the basis of racial division and superiority‚ the ugly face of prejudice and discrimination is unsurprisingly‚ still very evident today.’’ (Kerry Deligiannis‚ 2011) In 2011‚ Kerry Deligiannis stated that prejudice and discrimination is still evident in Australian society. While Australia espouses the ideas of multiculturalism‚ in truth‚ racial division and superiority can be seen
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also seen in the Cronulla riots in Australia is another example of opinion turning into action. If again‚ Spinoza argues that a good citizen is critical but doesn’t put on political disorder‚ how then would anyone put a stop to the Rwanda and the Cronulla riot assuming that is the current political order? He framework‚ like hobbes assumes that the state it automatically “the good guy” which is problematic because are we then “bad citizens” for critizing for example cronula riots‚ patriarchy structures
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As I passionately sat in my chair waiting for the final siren to sound of an intense‚ brutal preliminary final game at the magnificent MGC a hurl of abuse from one member of the public disgusted everyone around me. The language and brutal force of the words shocked and silenced the crowd around me‚ the true colours of a racist was sitting in front of me at the football. A tall white catholic man was abusing a Chinese man for cheering at a sport where his authenticity was apparently not allowed to
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the world it is hard to have one true identity. We may find some things in common with each other‚ but we might also find differences with each other for example during the Cronulla riots. In the second slide you can see an image where two individuals of middle eastern origin are being shielded by police during the Cronulla riots. Australian identity is ambiguous and hard to define because of the multitude of people from so many backgrounds who share similarities and differences with each
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