For my critic I choose Donkeys and Elephants. For the past
few months it has been very rough to watch the news because of all of the
racial tension between the police and minorities. That being said it’s no
secret with what has been going on with the city of Baltimore. In Mr. Ybarra’s
blog he mentions the riots that have been going in Baltimore and that its
people are fed up of feeling unequal. He even links the Baltimore riots to the
Los Angeles riot of 1992 were Rodney King was beaten by the police and was captured
on camera. I find this link very interesting because now thinking about it a
lot of people on that day of the Los Angeles riot were destroying a lot of
property as well as looting many stores. I can even think of going all the back
as 1773 of the Boston tea party. The people decided to disguise themselves as
Indians so they could sneak into a British ship so they could throw out cargo
of tea. They did this because they were tired of paying high taxes as well as
being treated as second rate citizens. In a way when people want to get their
point across they look towards what could get anyone’s attention and that is to
cause some destruction. Mr. Ybarra continues to say that destroying where you
live doesn’t resolve a thing as well as looting. With that I agree because at
the end of the day the only way the city will be able to pay for the damages
are through the people paying taxes. I do agree with Mr. Ybarra complaining
that the news isn’t covering enough of the peaceful riots because if all you’re
doing is showing the violence of the city then you make it seem that everyone
is reacting the same way. Hopefully though we can wake up one day and acknowledge
that we need each other and that racial discrimination can be a thing of the
past.
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