
#403 - FIRE in a Crowded Theater
The Fifth Column
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The Role of Racism in the Riots
The riots are being the voice of the unheard it's kind of that preposterous almost misattributed sentiment that is often attributed to dr king but there's more to it when he talks about it. There's something very crass about it and it certainly seems even more crass when you know the details of a circumstance like this random civilians walking down the street were violently assaulted on the street and then stripped of their valuables. The behavior of young people as a political act and statement isn't a mass protest against poverty and segregation no no it's not, Kelly says.
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