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    know scaring misfortune of 30 years period for Indonesian Chinese ? Some Chinese say misfortune of 30 years period is coming in 2030. What is 30 years period? How was that kinds of past? Before you understand this periods‚ you should know about 8 main riot and slaughter concerning Chinese and Indonesian. 1 Song Hong River Affair‚ Oct.1740 In the latter of 1730‚ many Chinese Indonesian moved to live at Jakarta. The Dutch East Indonesia Company was scared of peace of order. So‚ in 1740 Company wanted

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    In the wake of the Newark riots‚ America is on its heels wondering where we went wrong. What could have possibly caused this overwhelming rise in racial tension? As it turns out‚ some of America’s greatest leaders have addressed what is behind this ethnic strain in cities all around the country. Some of these leaders include Governor Wallace of Alabama‚ Stokely Carmichael‚ and the late Malcolm X. George Wallace‚ the current governor of Alabama has a very clear idea as to what is the cause of

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    More than a century before rap had come to fruition in the North American music scene‚ West African musicians were telling stories rhythmically‚ with just the beat of a drum for accompaniment. Meanwhile‚ folk artists from the Caribbean Islands were also telling stories in rhyme. Indeed‚ these singing poets from Africa and the Caribbean lay the foundation for modern-day American rap music. Rapping essentially involves the speaking or chanting of rhyming lyrics‚ often set to a beat. The rhyming created

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    Civil Rights Act of 1964 By the summer of 1963‚ after a series of violent demonstrations in the South‚ particularly in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ President Kennedy pushed for a very strong civil rights bill through Congress. The first of its kind since the Civil War‚ this bill drastically called for the end of all segregation in all public places. In the eyes of the civil rights movement leaders‚ this bill was long over due. Kennedy began by sending the United States Congress a "Special Message

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    against the war in Vietnam took place in 1965. | Cold War Conflicts | Cuba under Castro allied with the USSR & Khrushchev. Ike & the CIA had secretly planned an invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles. Kennedy proceeded with the plan‚ called the Bay of Pigs (1961). Disaster struck as air support was cancelled by Kennedy in the attempt to keep US involvement a secret‚ and the exiles were captured or killed by Castro. | Camelot | * August 11‚ 1965 – Watts Riots: Blacks enraged by police brutality rioted

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    January 9‚ 13- Lecture 2 • Blackface Minstrelsy • Betrays simultaneous fascinations and repulsion for African American culture (don’t imitate unless admire) • Appeared in the 1830’s and onward • As much a matter of class as a matter of race • Live entertainment in which white performers darkened their skin to imitate what they thought African American music sounded like (didn’t know much about African American culture or the south in general) • Ridiculed blacks and made profit • Northern

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    References: Bart‚ P. Special to The New York Times. (1965‚ August 15). OFFICIALS DIVIDED IN PLACING BLAME :Exchanges on Causes Show Bitterness and Acrimony. New York Times (1923-Current file)‚81. Retrieved from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2006) Bowles‚ C. (1960‚ January 17).

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    Taymor. Perf. Jim Sturgess‚ Evan Rachel Wood. 2007. DVD. Rosenstone‚ Robert A. “The Historical Film; Looking At The Past in a Post Literate age”. Toplin‚ Robert B. “In Defense of Filmakers.” Rutgers University. "The Detroit Riots of 1967: Events." The Detroit and Newark Riots of 1967. Web. 02 June 2010. .

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    Overall‚ individuals who are perceived as deviant or political deviant are viewed as someone who is bad mostly due to how they are depicted by the media and challenge norms. This class took a different look at deviance and political deviance and viewed it is something that is good rather than something that is bad. It is important to understand what the terms deviant and political deviant before going into detail on who is perceived as one or how they become one in the first place. Deviance and protest

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    in estimated material losses incurred during the Los Angeles upheavals (Ban‚ 1997). The media never bothered to address the different populations nor discuss the crisis between Hispanics and Asian Americans. During the three days of the Los Angeles riots‚ news media such as the Los Angeles Times‚ Nightline‚ and KCAL-TV were targets of criticism for not reporting the unjust behavior of law enforcement within these ethnic groups (Ban‚ 1997). What does this signify? Is there a heavier presence of abuse

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