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The Racial Divide
eliminate that threat of tion that an Ebola level the attacks have been per-

violent protest. As what is affliction of being poor. petrated against an African
unfolding today. It wasn’t And the prevailing notion American. These riots are
too long ago that in Tam- especially by our famous- their way of justification

P pa, Florida a young man ly benevolent benefactors designed to drive national

O Trayvon Martin was shoot in Washington most as- attention toward their cir-
L and killed that set off pro- sume that being a person cumstances.
I test after protest. Even be- of color is synonymous

C fore we should go back to with being poor, and poor What we are seeing today
E Rodney King and the LA is synonymous with being is the middle class has
riots that ensued follow- a criminal. joined the ranks of the

B ing the acquittal of those poor where whites have
R police offices. These tragic With each of these shoot- joined with the African

U incidents have put the US ings, choke hold, and American community in
T on notice that there is an stand your ground atroci- mass demonstrations in

A undercurrent of not only ties it is quite understand- the hope that these dem-
L frustration brewing but a able that, so many see the onstrations will revert to
I groundswell of anger that police and our judicial the political process where

T our lives continue to be at system are enforcers of legislation that promotes
Y the mercy of government a truly unjust status quo. economic equality and
indifference and corporate This results in an increase opportunity is passed and

influence that caters to the of anger and frustration implemented. But, for
rich. where riots demanding the past 35 years all the
justice have only ensued. demonstrations that have

That spark set off by a A venting of this anger played out have continued
police officer’s overre- through riots is their way to fall on deaf ears by our

action may have set in of demonstrating the elected officials. Mean-
motion a chain of events hopelessness of their situ- while the frustration, and
that will continue to rever- ation. Riots evolve be- anger have only continued

berate across the nation. cause of the frustration, to build.
A coming race war or a anger and resentment that

class revolution is about to has built up following an What many point out is
explode. The real concern incident that many feel the protest in Ferguson
is that the targets of police was an outright attack tar- is just one more battle

overreaction stems not on geting a particular ethnic in a larger ongoing sub-
race so much but the no- group. And, in most cases urban class and many

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