Posted on 11/24/2014 8:01:19 PM PST by chajin
If rioters demeaned the cause of nonviolence, that was not in most cases their intent. The majority of plunderers and burners in American cities last week were about as ideologically motivated as soldier ants. Many, to be sure, were venting the longstanding resentments of black Americans in a white society. But the looters were predominantly driven by a combination of self-help and help-yourself..."His death just gave us an excuse," said Ronald Rudolph, 22, in Pittsburgh. "I never did dig the man much when he was alive." When a well-provisioned Harlem "liberator" was asked why he was stealing, he cried: "It's because they killed what's-his-name!" "You know why people loot?" explained one young rioter. "Because they ain't never, so long as they live, gonna have enough money to buy a color-television set. Man, I got big ambitions but not much will power."
(Excerpt) Read more at connection.ebscohost.com ...
“Because they ain’t never, so long as they live, gonna have enough money to buy a color-television set. Man, I got big ambitions but not much will power.”
I think the last time I saw a black and white TV for sale was about 40 years ago.
The quote was from 46 years ago.
“Because they ain’t never, so long as they live, gonna have enough money to buy a color-television set. Man, I got big ambitions but not much will power.”
TVs have never been cheaper, bigger, lighter, and better. Maybe he does all his buying at rent-to-own.
The only thing that has changed is the technology: color TVs 46 years ago, smartphones today--the first place to be looted tonight was the PCS store.
Great find, thanks for posting this. We better hope we don’t have riots like the 1960s, they ruined Newark NJ and many neighborhoods in NY. 50 years later, still not recovered.
wow. the names change....the “inspiration” remains the same.
Thank you for the wonderful “retrospective”.
“Long Live Whats His Name”...
Your link does not show the passage you cite. It is just a link to a search engine. Is it possible that you could give us the direct link to the Time article?
Thanks!
I forgot that I got this from a college online library. The actual link is here, but it requires a magazine subscription, so I don't think I can post the whole article.
Thanks! I appreciate it.
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