Where have all the rioters gone? (unemployment, Baltimore, poverty, jobs)

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Matthew Desmond, a white sociology professor at Princeton and Pulitzer Prize winner, waxes nostalgic about the black riots of the 1960s. We've had Ferguson, he acknowledges, but there hasn't been really large scale arson and mayhem since LA in 1992. He's disappointed.

Good jobs in black communities have disappeared, evictions are the norm, and extreme poverty is rising. Cities should be exploding—but they aren’t.
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Riots were terrifying spectacles, as the social order was defied and defended through blood and ruin. But the quiescence we have today is unsettling in its own way. For all their destructive power, the riots of the 1960s at least were bluntly honest, a message that the fight for equality had a long way to go... In the torrents was something like hope.

I wonder what protion of The Atlantic's East Coast liberal toff readership actually likes big, black riots and wishes they would come back?

[James Bond 007]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

I wonder what protion of The Atlantic's East Coast liberal toff readership actually likes big, black riots and wishes they would come back?

Little, or none of them.

The black poverty rate has plummeted since the 50's and 60's, so it's no wonder there aren't the riots of days past.

[saltine]

And he’s still got a job?

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by saltine

And he’s still got a job?

I doubt there is any negative reaction to that piece at all. White establishment lefties black political violence and want to see more of it. The networks do their best to encourage riots every time a black guy is shot by the police.

[BentBow]

Too much upward mobility, if they want it. No one to blame but themselves in the good times.

[jm1982]

What good came of the L.A riots ? A lot of people killed and a lot of buildings destroyed .

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by jm1982

What good came of the L.A riots ? A lot of people killed and a lot of buildings destroyed .

It got tribal quick!

[personone]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

Matthew Desmond, a white sociology professor at Princeton and Pulitzer Prize winner, waxes nostalgic about the black riots of the 1960s. We've had Ferguson, he acknowledges, but there hasn't been really large scale arson and mayhem since LA in 1992. He's disappointed.

I wonder what protion of The Atlantic's East Coast liberal toff readership actually likes big, black riots and wishes they would come back?

The last really large scale riot that comes close to the 90s LA riot was the Baltimore riots a few years ago. I remember them well because I had surgery and was recovering at home for a week watching a lot of TV. Almost that whole week there was 24/7 TV and media coverage of the rioting. Complete destruction and mayhem (burnings, looting, broken cars/stores, tanks downtown, etc) that was worse than Ferguson and rivals the LA riots. The fact that the Baltimore riots lasted so long was eerie too. They played an Orioles game in a completely empty stadium without fans. A quick search on YouTube can show you that the Baltimore riots were up there with the LA riots.

[phma]

Its a seasonal thing. As we move into summer and warm weather they will come out with the insects.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

Matthew Desmond, a white sociology professor at Princeton and Pulitzer Prize winner, waxes nostalgic about the black riots of the 1960s. We've had Ferguson, he acknowledges, but there hasn't been really large scale arson and mayhem since LA in 1992. He's disappointed.

I wonder what protion of The Atlantic's East Coast liberal toff readership actually likes big, black riots and wishes they would come back?

Black unemployment is at historic lows. Nothing like making up facts to fit the narrative.