Talk:Urban riot

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This list is a joke. Riots and urban decay? This whole list should be redone as major American riots. The causes are many, and not really tied in to "urban decay" itself an absurd nebulous concept that includes everything from racism to crack.

Yes, most riots take place in cities, for obvious reasons. Density of housing and people is required for a riot. Places with 1 person per sq. mile can't have riots. (But farmer John could burn down his neighbors barn, I suppose.)

Also, lets NOT link this with the "Afro Project". Yes some of the riots were primarily race riots (Detroit, Watts, Newark), but others were not.


 * I agree that the US, British and Australian riots should be separated by nationality. While there may be similarities among them, I think the nature of the issues are distinct enough for different categories.  Too much generalization doesn't help in understanding.  Problems in many US cities were precipitated by a shift in manufacturing and loss of middle class industrial jobs - many African Americans got trapped in inner cities by poverty.  Riots in many US cities in 1968 erupted after the assassinations of Martin Luther King in April and of Robert Kennedy in July.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parkwells (talk • contribs) 03:47, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

All but four riots related to urban decay, in the history of the world, have occurred in the US or the UK? Seriously? Kartoffl (talk) 19:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

There was a riot far outside urban areas in Elaine, Arkansas, October 1919. Appears to have been an attempt to prevent unionisation of sharecroppers. Indeed, most of the riots were urban inner-city, but not all. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 02:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

POV
The following are listed as "co-morbid problems of urban decay": "Fragmented families" - Itself a loaded term, presuming that any separation of family members is a problem. "Rapid changes in the racial composition of neighborhoods" What makes this a "problem"? "Racism" Comorbid with urban decay? Seems to be plenty of racism in thriving urban, suburban and rural areas, thank you very much. "Redlining" Of course suburbs are never redlined High unemployment "'Urban renewal' programs" The programs are a problem?

The whole "1968 Chicago, Illinois riots" is a mini-article trying to survive without a source.

Mdbrownmsw (talk) 18:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Please feel free to make improvements. futurebird (talk) 18:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There are far too many riots not on this list. What about Northern Ireland in the late 60s-90s? So many to name all over the world. this list is pointless in its current, very incomplete format. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.148.244 (talk) 01:44, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Mass racial violence in the US
There is an article by the above name, and many of the US riots listed here are on that list. Shouldn't the US articles be combined?--Parkwells 22:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Any of the ones listed here that are verifiably linked to racial violence should be included in the other list as well. Some might be listed in both. - Mdbrownmsw 01:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This list is very incomplete. It doesn't list any of the riots related to The Troubles in Ireland for one thing. It does sound very much like original research, but there may be sources out there that could make it not so. Surely there are sociology books out there covering the topic.--173.24.82.245 (talk) 13:41, 30 April 2015 (UTC) [celtic_hackr not logged in]

I made this list
I made it a long time ago when I was pretty new around here and I wonder if it makes sense anymore? It may be original research. It's hard to tell as I have a number of books that seem to support the idea, but not this specific list. I'm open to the idea of the material being reworked into another article. futurebird (talk) 05:15, 31 December 2007 (UTC)