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This article as well as the few minutes of the video talk a lot about the violent protests that the Mexican-Americans were apart of, even Luis J. Rodriguez who was a teenager involved with a gang at the time. Stores shut down early because of the protests and were handing out water to the protesters, something I wouldn’t expect from shop owners unless they were all run by Mexican-Americans. It was very interesting to learn about the police brutality that went on during the time period and how similar it was to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Mothers and their children were apart of the protests, other teenagers like Rodriguez, and they were all risking their lives to gain rights, even though they might not have known that at the time. There was tear gas everywhere, people shouting and getting beaten and bloody and arrested. Rodriguez talked about how he didn’t want to open his eyes because he didn’t want to see someone’s brains everywhere. He was upset and terrified like everyone else at the chaos going on around him and I could only imagine what else was going through his mind as he was arrested and one of his heroes for the movement was murdered by police that shattered the hearts of the people in the video as well as all the protesters in the article. Police said things like “move, or I’ll blow your fuckin’ head off” to people who were peacefully protesting for better conditions in their country, all about trying for people to treat them with the respect that they deserve like any other human being and all they get is abuse from police and arrested with false charges. Rodriguez was innocent but he was put into a cell and lined up with people who were accused of murder or sexual assault. We only heard about the “murderous frenzy”, not about anything from the police’s perspective, but in my opinion we don’t need it because this testimonial seems more truthful than anything we would get from a police perspective. They’d call them criminals just for being Mexican-American, even though they never actually did anything wrong.
The article, The Twenty-Ninth and the review of the video Prejudice and Pride demonstrates the horror many people have to experience if they don’t have white privilege. The people were having a peaceful protest, yet the “rioting police (The Twenty-Ninth)” came and attacked these people. It happened for no apparent reason, no one attacked the police, the discrimination of Latinos is simply imbedded too deeply in the upper classes. The Latino community was harmed and the Latinos lost an important man, Ruben Salazar. The people “exploded into an uproar (The Twenty-Ninth)” when they learned a powerful and innocent man died at the hands of police; which is very ironic. “No one was held accountable (Prejudice and Pride)” for the actions the police took on the innocent. I think it’s so upsetting that society has this power complex where it’s acceptable for the higher powers to commit violent crimes to the minorities. It’s seen today with the struggle of police brutality against the blacks. Today, I read an article that says High Court that says black men may have a legitimate reason to flee from the police. This struggle has been going on for quite some time, especially the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s so upsetting that not much has changed, society still has this teetering power balance. Hearing these testimonies, shows how similar America is in the past compared to today’s times. With how much as changed over time, it seems that this shouldn’t be a problem anymore. I hope that somehow the world can change and people can all live in peaceful societies.
Reviewing episode 5 and reading the article about such a specific time in the 1970’s is really unsettling. The whole rioting happened because the police responded to viciously over a supposed alcohol theft. It was really sad to see a group of people bludgeoned and taken down just because they were fighting for what they believe in. The Laguna Park riot reminds me of what is happening with North Carolina. People are enraged because of the “more-powerful” race killing innocent young men of color. Watching the episode and reading first hand of what happened really makes me think that nothing is going to change. The constant flow of injustice will forever haunt America and its people for as long as we let it.
After reading The Twenty-Ninth I am let down at the fact that nothing has changed. Reading this selection was like reading the news in current time, just a different minority race. Its really disappointing how cruel law enforcement was to Latinos back in 1970 and how cruel they remained to be during current time. Something that will stick with me from reading this selection was how they put innocent protesters in jail with first degree criminals. The level of injustice throughout the entire selection is disgusting and makes me think that America has gotten no where on the topic of minority injustice.
The short passage “The Twenty-Ninth”, by Luis J. Rodriguez was an intriguing read that left me in awe. Reading this piece the first thing that came to mind was how similar it was to the Black Lives Matter movement going on in present day. I was somehow able to picture Rodriguez’ experience in my head. The Watts Uprising that he took part of which took place in Los Angeles on August 1965 was in result of police brutality, it was one of the city’s worst unrests until the Rodney King Riots later in 1972. What really stood out to me was how these boys aged 13,15,16 were treated as real criminals and were put with adults that were murderers, rapists, and drug addicts. The inequality and injustice they went through was truly evident from reading this selection. Reading this passage allowed me to deeply reflect on how police brutality is still a hot issue today and how much has not really changed. After reading I also questioned: Why we still haven’t seen such a national outrage of Latinos in present day?Is it because the Latino community is already overwhelmed by other/bigger issues? I’ve realized that the Latino population does not respond nationally as African Americans do concerning the killing of women/men by police and probably that’s why we don’t hear about how it’s effecting the Latino population as often. While African Americans and Latinos share the struggles of racial profiling and police brutality, both groups are disproportionately affected by poverty, crime, and inadequate access to education and health care and should be both recognized. These challenges and injustices were the reasons movements and demonstrations and groups such as the Chicano movement and Blacks Lives Matter was created.
This article as well as the few minutes of the video talk a lot about the violent protests that the Mexican-Americans were apart of, even Luis J. Rodriguez who was a teenager involved with a gang at the time. Stores shut down early because of the protests and were handing out water to the protesters, something I wouldn’t expect from shop owners unless they were all run by Mexican-Americans. It was very interesting to learn about the police brutality that went on during the time period and how similar it was to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Mothers and their children were apart of the protests, other teenagers like Rodriguez, and they were all risking their lives to gain rights, even though they might not have known that at the time. There was tear gas everywhere, people shouting and getting beaten and bloody and arrested. Rodriguez talked about how he didn’t want to open his eyes because he didn’t want to see someone’s brains everywhere. He was upset and terrified like everyone else at the chaos going on around him and I could only imagine what else was going through his mind as he was arrested and one of his heroes for the movement was murdered by police that shattered the hearts of the people in the video as well as all the protesters in the article. Police said things like “move, or I’ll blow your fuckin’ head off” to people who were peacefully protesting for better conditions in their country, all about trying for people to treat them with the respect that they deserve like any other human being and all they get is abuse from police and arrested with false charges. Rodriguez was innocent but he was put into a cell and lined up with people who were accused of murder or sexual assault. We only heard about the “murderous frenzy”, not about anything from the police’s perspective, but in my opinion we don’t need it because this testimonial seems more truthful than anything we would get from a police perspective. They’d call them criminals just for being Mexican-American, even though they never actually did anything wrong.
The article, The Twenty-Ninth and the review of the video Prejudice and Pride demonstrates the horror many people have to experience if they don’t have white privilege. The people were having a peaceful protest, yet the “rioting police (The Twenty-Ninth)” came and attacked these people. It happened for no apparent reason, no one attacked the police, the discrimination of Latinos is simply imbedded too deeply in the upper classes. The Latino community was harmed and the Latinos lost an important man, Ruben Salazar. The people “exploded into an uproar (The Twenty-Ninth)” when they learned a powerful and innocent man died at the hands of police; which is very ironic. “No one was held accountable (Prejudice and Pride)” for the actions the police took on the innocent. I think it’s so upsetting that society has this power complex where it’s acceptable for the higher powers to commit violent crimes to the minorities. It’s seen today with the struggle of police brutality against the blacks. Today, I read an article that says High Court that says black men may have a legitimate reason to flee from the police. This struggle has been going on for quite some time, especially the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s so upsetting that not much has changed, society still has this teetering power balance. Hearing these testimonies, shows how similar America is in the past compared to today’s times. With how much as changed over time, it seems that this shouldn’t be a problem anymore. I hope that somehow the world can change and people can all live in peaceful societies.
Reviewing episode 5 and reading the article about such a specific time in the 1970’s is really unsettling. The whole rioting happened because the police responded to viciously over a supposed alcohol theft. It was really sad to see a group of people bludgeoned and taken down just because they were fighting for what they believe in. The Laguna Park riot reminds me of what is happening with North Carolina. People are enraged because of the “more-powerful” race killing innocent young men of color. Watching the episode and reading first hand of what happened really makes me think that nothing is going to change. The constant flow of injustice will forever haunt America and its people for as long as we let it.
After reading The Twenty-Ninth I am let down at the fact that nothing has changed. Reading this selection was like reading the news in current time, just a different minority race. Its really disappointing how cruel law enforcement was to Latinos back in 1970 and how cruel they remained to be during current time. Something that will stick with me from reading this selection was how they put innocent protesters in jail with first degree criminals. The level of injustice throughout the entire selection is disgusting and makes me think that America has gotten no where on the topic of minority injustice.
The short passage “The Twenty-Ninth”, by Luis J. Rodriguez was an intriguing read that left me in awe. Reading this piece the first thing that came to mind was how similar it was to the Black Lives Matter movement going on in present day. I was somehow able to picture Rodriguez’ experience in my head. The Watts Uprising that he took part of which took place in Los Angeles on August 1965 was in result of police brutality, it was one of the city’s worst unrests until the Rodney King Riots later in 1972. What really stood out to me was how these boys aged 13,15,16 were treated as real criminals and were put with adults that were murderers, rapists, and drug addicts. The inequality and injustice they went through was truly evident from reading this selection. Reading this passage allowed me to deeply reflect on how police brutality is still a hot issue today and how much has not really changed. After reading I also questioned: Why we still haven’t seen such a national outrage of Latinos in present day?Is it because the Latino community is already overwhelmed by other/bigger issues? I’ve realized that the Latino population does not respond nationally as African Americans do concerning the killing of women/men by police and probably that’s why we don’t hear about how it’s effecting the Latino population as often. While African Americans and Latinos share the struggles of racial profiling and police brutality, both groups are disproportionately affected by poverty, crime, and inadequate access to education and health care and should be both recognized. These challenges and injustices were the reasons movements and demonstrations and groups such as the Chicano movement and Blacks Lives Matter was created.