Social conflict + change 2: Racial conflict

Question 1

Race riot causes

Answer 1

Poverty
Poverty trap neighbourhoods (suburbia)
Poor housing “the projects”
Redlining - denial of services
Crimes of necessity - criminal stereotypes

Question 2

Race riots - 1st one

Answer 2

Fight between black drunk driver + white police officer. 34 dead. Race riots became near constant. Poor inner city black people fed up. Feuled “law and order”

Question 3

War on poverty - head start

Answer 3

Preschool programmea for poor kids. Job corps to train for employment

Question 4

War on poverty - King’s poor people’s campaign

Answer 4

Bus style tactics but little success

Question 5

Other reasons why the war on poverty flopped

Answer 5

No laws to change - white people thought it was fine
Whites distanced by suburbanism, wouldn’t pay more tax to help unseen black people and Vietnam was expensive

Question 6

Black power

Answer 6

Militant response from frustration and lack of success w King. Eg Malcolm X + Black Panter party. Thought black people should take charge of their destiny - set up their own businesses + not rely on white help. “Black and Beautiful”