Black Lives Matter Protests Head To White Suburbs
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As Black Lives Matter protests grew nationwide, a noticeable change took hold: Predominantly white, conservative, GOP leaning communities were taking part.
FROM THE NY TIMES: “As crowds have surged through American cities to protest the killing of George Floyd, one of the striking differences from years past has been the sheer number of white people.”-
FROM THE LA TIMES: “The deliberate decision of protest organizers to steer demonstrations to whiter, wealthier areas may have played a role in a wider awakening,” said Jody Armour, a professor at the USC Gould School of Law who specializes in racial issues.
FROM THE LA TIMES: “Demonstrations in response to Floyd’s death are spreading beyond urban centers to whiter, wealthier, more conservative suburbs."
I photographed several of these suburban protests. In Thousand Oaks, a city that is 82% white with a median household income of $105,000, they demonstrate on sidewalks by Bentley dealerships, police in riot gear nowhere to be seen.
In Simi Valley where barely 1% of residents are African American, white teens hang-out sunroofs scream “F**k the police!” as they drive by the civic plaza where, 28 years earlier, four LAPD officers were acquitted by an all white jury in the beating of black motorist Rodney King which led to the deadly 1992 LA riots.
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As Black Lives Matter protests grew nationwide, a noticeable change took hold: Predominantly white, conservative, GOP leaning communities were taking part.
FROM THE NY TIMES: “As crowds have surged through American cities to protest the killing of George Floyd, one of the striking differences from years past has been the sheer number of white people.”-
FROM THE LA TIMES: “The deliberate decision of protest organizers to steer demonstrations to whiter, wealthier areas may have played a role in a wider awakening,” said Jody Armour, a professor at the USC Gould School of Law who specializes in racial issues.
FROM THE LA TIMES: “Demonstrations in response to Floyd’s death are spreading beyond urban centers to whiter, wealthier, more conservative suburbs."
I photographed several of these suburban protests. In Thousand Oaks, a city that is 82% white with a median household income of $105,000, they demonstrate on sidewalks by Bentley dealerships, police in riot gear nowhere to be seen.
In Simi Valley where barely 1% of residents are African American, white teens hang-out sunroofs scream “F**k the police!” as they drive by the civic plaza where, 28 years earlier, four LAPD officers were acquitted by an all white jury in the beating of black motorist Rodney King which led to the deadly 1992 LA riots.
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