Urban Rebellions and Racist Rhetoric
Starting with some mainstream and social media analysis of the recent events in Baltimore, this week's rant takes on the political language of racism, the effect that media propaganda has in indoctrinating that racism into its viewers, and the comparison of coverage of black and white riots in recent years. As Martin Luther King explained, riots were "the language of the unheard," so instead of denouncing rioters as "thugs" and "criminals," it would be better to consider listening, because one of America's most repressed and impoverished populations is speaking loudly for all to hear.
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