Talk:1943 Detroit race riot

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Untitled
This article would do well with an aftermath or conclusion section. --Inhuman14 01:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

The article doesn't do a good job of describing the residents at the time. Many or most of the whites came from the South or were immigrants who may not have been considered white. The whole idea of a white vs. black clash was encouraged as a way to unite often hostile white groups, including not only Southern whites, but also Germans, Poles, Italians and others who were fighting in Europe. It was not unlike the Chicago described by Mike Royko with various ethnic neighborhoods that distrusted each other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.177.91 (talk) 05:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Were 24 or 25 of those killed black? Both numbers are used. --DBHunter 11:59, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Images
File:White sign racial hatred..jpg is now copyright-proofed, and should not be deleted, so I added it back in to the article. You really need to learn how to handle images according to accepted Commons methods to prevent problems with future uploads... AnonMoos (talk) 11:03, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

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Black hoodlums
We used to have a quote attributed to "white city leaders" calling the rioters "hoodlums." This has now been changed to "black hoodlums." It seems unlikely to me that city leaders would have used this term at the time. This is attributed to Sitkoff in Michigan History volume 53. I don't have a copy, but Google Books has it, and a search for "hoodlum" turns up no results either in Sitkoff or in the 2005 reprint. Could the editor who changed this to "black hoodlums" please confirm that this is what the source says? Also is there a better attribution than "white city leaders"? Was this term used by the leaders or by Sitkoff? Kendall-K1 (talk) 13:51, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

I found the actual quote, and will put it in with a citation. Kendall-K1 (talk) 05:19, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Clarification needed
What are "ethnic whites?" 71.63.160.210 (talk) 16:17, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

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Discrepancy in numbers of dead
The top section reads of the 34 killed, 25 were black. The "Riot" section reads of the 34 killed, 24 were black. Joel S Bateman (talk) 03:30, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Reinterpretation section false information
Sorry I don’t know how all of this works but the claims made on the reinterpretation section about self defense and mostly older black males was not correct according to the source provided. The source makes no arguments about it being defense. The source gives stats on the oldest of arrested rioters being more likely to be in their own precinct, however that says nothing about most black rioters being older, let alone that it was in defense (most were felonies)35.16.21.175 (talk) 21:12, 12 July 2021 (UTC) Z