Urban Rebellions Can Trigger Social Change

Saturday, 13 August 2011 09:05 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 
 

The riots, in effect, were the "forcible entry" of the Black masses into political discussions that usually treated them and their communities as invisible or irrelevant. Black poverty, deprivation and racism in urban areas went from being political non-issues to one of the most important issues of the decade.

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