Race riot

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A race riot is any riot which occurs due to real or perceived inequality or oppression between members of different races. These riots are normally sparked by an isolated incident that is representative of a history of perceived abuses.

A number of riots occurred in the United States during the 20th century due to issues of racial inequality, including the Atlanta Riots (1906), the Chicago Riots (1919), the Tulsa Riots (1921), two riots in Detroit (1943 and 1967), as well as riots in Watts (1965), Newark (1967), York (1969), and Los Angeles (1992).

Racial riots have also occurred in Malaysia, most notably the May 13 Incident of 1969 in Kuala Lumpur.

See Also

• Tulsa Race Riot
• pogrom
• 12th Street Riot
• Watts Riot
• Redfern race riot
• 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, Rodney King

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Race_riot" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_riot, used under the GNU Free Documentation License