There is a need to manage this problem as preconceived notions of biased treatment by the government against any racial group could lead to the outbreak of violence among the different communities. For example‚ in 1964‚ Singapore experienced race riots which resulted in 36 dead and 590 injured. Singapore was in Malaysia then‚ and the UMNO felt threatened when the PAP participated in the 1964 Federal elections. The UMNO then led an anti-PAP campaign in the medium using the Utusan Melayu‚ claiming
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Chapter 2 Protest movement in Nigeria In democracy‚ having a wide spread number of people tell the government that they do not like its practices could herald to protest movements. As thus‚ it is a very effective way of getting changes made and raising or revisiting issues. History of protest movement During the 19th and early 20th century‚ Nigerians sought and found ways to oppose the foreign rule. As the middle classes and the working classes became more educated‚ there came with it‚ the desire
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Model ToK Oral Presentation Understanding the Vancouver Riots: a TOK analysis of the violence following the Stanley Cup Hockey Finals on June 15th‚ 2011 Objectives of ToK Oral Presentation Identify and explore a Knowledge Issue (KI) raised by a Real-life Situation (RLS) Show insightful thinking about KI‚ supporting ideas about knowledge claims‚ justifying thinking‚ making connections with ToK concepts Presentation should have two stages: an introduction and brief explanation
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Verbatim Theatre? One of the key parts of this piece of drama is the quotations used. In verbatim theatre you can only say things that have been said before‚ whether in an article‚ interview or other form of media. Our piece is centred on the London Riots which were extensively reported on in 2011‚ so we had a lot of reportage to choose from for our research. Various members of the group gathered different types of research which we found online; some got articles‚ others found direct quotes from rioters
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New Research: Internet Censorship To Stop Protests... Actually Increases Protests from the who-didn’t-see-that-coming? dept We’ve been arguing for a while that attempts by various governments to shut down forms of communication during protests and riots only serves to make protesters and rioters angrier. Some new (quite timely) research‚ pointed out by Mathew Ingram‚ seems to agree that internet censorship tends to make such problems worse. The research is a quick read‚ and certainly goes further
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sneering at the nought arrivals. The school’s headmaster was not available for comment‚ however he exited the school during the riots as the noughts entered‚ and could be seen doing nothing to discipline his pupils. He made no effort to end or prevent the riots. However‚ it was the actions of a Cross girl‚ Persephone Hadley‚ daughter of Kamal Hadley‚ which brought the riots to an end. Shortly after one of the noughts had been injured‚ she yelled above all the noises of violence and hatred ‘You’re
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the trial. Other people opted to voice out their disappointments in the streets of New York‚ Florida‚ Oakland‚ Miami‚ and Los Angeles‚ where several peaceful protests‚ rallies‚ vigils‚ and demonstrations took place. But there were also a number of riots that occured‚ where protesters burned US and
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An Irrepressible Evil? Communal violence in independent India has a long history that can be traced back from the time of the Post Partition riot of 1961 in Jabalpur which was followed by strings of similar incidents‚ especially post 1980s with Anti-Sikh Pogrom (Delhi) in 1984‚ Anti-Muslim carnage (esp.‚ Mumbai) in 1992-93‚ and the decade-old Godhra Riots (Gujarat) in 2002. With the introduction of the Prevention of Communal and Targeted violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill‚ 2011
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circumstances (Locher 2002). 1. Describe how being in a crowd can lead people to engage in destructive behaviors When you a bunch of people together that maybe don’t have the best set of morals‚ violence generally escalates pretty fast. Think about riot or mob violence‚ usually it takes collective behavior to drive groups of people who are encouraging each other to act in ways they might never consider doing if they were alone. 2. Define the prisoner’s dilemma and the resource dilemma. How can we
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girls were accusing people of being witches(Miller). The locals of the town who were strictly religious and believed in the girl’s nonsense became scared and started rounding up the supposed witches‚ who were than executed(Miller). This caused many riots in nearby towns and Reverend Parris and Hale try to stop the execution because they saw how it was wrong(Miller). This is similar to the situation in America right now. People saw how wrong the hanging of the ‘accused’ was and they rioted and tried
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