Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements
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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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began their own movement. The Stonewall Riot was the first major revolt in which gays fought back against those who oppressed them and it helped push forward the Gay liberation movement. There had previously been many violent events previous to stonewall that involve gay bashing and cruel treatment of gays. One night at the Stonewall Inn‚ what seemed to be normal night‚ turned out to be a major event in Gay Liberation history. The next couple weeks after the Stonewall incident‚ gays began to move
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Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square is a recounting letter to the Stonewall Riots‚ which Truscott claimed to have witnessed. The letter is filled with decidedly discriminatory language‚ derogative depictions‚ and biased opinions‚ but it also cites the Stonewall Riots as being a catalyst for the gay power movement and gay liberation. The author’s purpose in this writing was to inform the public about the happenings of the Stonewall Riot‚ but he may also have
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“You can cure yourself‚ in a day‚ a minute‚ a second‚ with three words‚ with six. I’m-not-sick—three words. Three words more: I-love-myself.” (Stonewall‚79) This was said by Leo Skit‚ a poet and activist while giving advice to his closeted friend in 1970. The late 1960s and 1970s were huge for the LGBTQ movement. Everything from parades to protests happened. This has helped shape and form the rainbow community that we know today. The LGBTQ+ movement continuously fights for basic human rights in the
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unjust law‚ to bring attention to some perceived injustice. The theories and definitions in these texts will be applied to the characters actions and intentions in Jonathan Kaplan film Over the Edge‚ as well as the actions and intentions of the Stonewall Riots and Montgomery Bus Boycott. From this analysis‚ in Kaplan’s film rebellion and civil disobedience
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Many people hear about the LGBT movement and don’t really know what it means; LGBT stands for Lesbians‚ Gays‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender. This movement started on June 27‚ 1969‚ the purpose of the LGBT movement was to gain rights for lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexual‚ and transgender people so they could be accepted in there society. Although nowadays lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexual‚ and transgender are more popular. They appear on most TV shows‚ movies‚ and social media‚ although that was not always the case for
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after the Stonewall Riots and are still fighting for the same freedoms heterosexuals currently hold. These freedoms include the right to marry and marriage provides
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characteristic under civil rights laws. Homosexuals have faced relentless hostility and discrimination for centuries and have been on an uphill battle for equality. It wasn’t until the Stonewall Inn Riots in 1969 that a political movement for the LGBT community started to gain momentum. The history leading up the Stonewall Inn riots was fairly short‚ yet significant in America. Homosexuals were seen as sexual deviants in the early twentieth century. In 1915‚ Emma Goldman was one of the first well –known
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