Race riot

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A British Asian rioter hurls a Molotov Cocktail during the Oldham Riots

For the animated film see Race Riot

A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. The term had entered the English language in the United States by the 1890s. Early use of the term in the United States referred to race riots which were often a dominant culture mob action against individuals or groups of people from other races. Much later, the term came to describe violence and property destruction by racial minority groups often directed at neighborhood business, government representatives and law enforcement agencies perceived as unfairly targeting racial groups. Mob rule, religious animosity, vigilantism, Jim Crow, lynching, racial profiling, economics, police brutality, institutional racism, urban renewal, and racial identity politics are often cited as causes of these riots. However, political decisions, repression and social hate by national or local levels of government and the larger community directed towards a certain race usually contributes to this type of riot.

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2 Belgium
3 Canada
4 France
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6 Malaysia
7 Rhodesia
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9 United Kingdom
10 United States
11 See also

[edit] Australia

Burrangong (1860-1861) - Lambing Flat riots
Broome (1905,1914,1920) - Broome riots
Redfern (2004) - Redfern riots
Palm Island (2004) - Palm Island Race Riot
Sydney (2005) - 2005 Cronulla riots

[edit] Belgium

Brussels (2006) - 2006 Brussels riots

[edit] Canada

Toronto (1933) - Christie Pits Race Riot

[edit] France

Nationwide (2005) - 2005 French Civil Unrest

[edit] Indonesia

Jakarta, Surakarta (1998) - Jakarta Riots of May 1998

[edit] Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur (1969) - May 13th Incident

[edit] Rhodesia

Kananga (1925) - Kananga Riot of 1925

[edit] Singapore

Singapore (1964) - 1964 Race Riots

[edit] United Kingdom

Birmingham (2005) - 2005 Birmingham Riot
Birmingham (1981, 1985) - Handsworth Riots
Bradford (2001) - Bradford Riot
Bristol (1981) - St Pauls riot
Burnley (2001) - Burnley Riots
Cardiff (1919) - Cardiff riots 1919
Dewsbury (1989) - Dewsbury riot
Leeds (1981) - Chapeltown riot (1981)
Leeds (1987) - Chapeltown riot (1987)
Leeds (2001) - Harehills riot
Liverpool (1981) - Toxteth Race Riot
London (1981) - Brixton riot (1981)
London (1985) - Brixton riot (1985)
London (1995) - Brixton riot (1995)
London (1985) - Broadwater Farm riot
London (1958) - Notting Hill
London (1985) - Peckham riot
Manchester (1981) - Moss Side
Oldham (2001) - Oldham Riots

See also Rivers of Blood

[edit] United States

[edit] Nativist Period 1700's-1860

1829: Cincinnati, Ohio Riots begun by Whites to terrorize the Black community resulted in thousands of Blacks leaving for Canada.
1829: Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots
1834: Massachusetts Convent Burning
1835: Five Points Riot
1836: Cincinnati, Ohio A pro-slavery riot took place
1841: Cincinnati, Ohio White Irish-descendant and Irish immigrant dock workers rioted against Black dock workers. When the Black dock workers banded together to defend their community from the approaching Whites, the White rioters retreated and then commandeered a 6-pound cannon and shot it through the streets of Cincinnati.
1844: Philadelphia Anti-Catholic Riots (May 6-8/July 5-8)
1849: Astor Place Riot
1851: Hoboken Anti-German Riot
1855: Louisville Anti-German Riots

[edit] Civil War Period 1861-1865

1863: New York City Draft Riot

[edit] Reconstruction Period: 1865 - 1877

1866: New Orleans, Louisiana
1866: Memphis, Tennessee
1868: Pulaski, Tennessee
1868: Opelousas, Louisiana
1868: Camilla, Georgia
1870: Meridian, Mississippi
1870: Eutaw, Alabama
1870: Laurens, South Carolina
1870: New York City Orange Riot
1871: Second New York City Orange Riot
1871: Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot
1891: New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot
1873: Colfax, Louisiana
1874: Vicksburg, Mississippi
1874: New Orleans, Louisiana
1874: Coushatta, Louisiana
1875: Yazoo City, Mississippi
1875: Clinton, Mississippi
1876: Hamburg, South Carolina
1876: Ellenton, South Carolina

[edit] Jim Crow Period: 1890 - 1914

1898: Wilmington Race Riot
1898: Lake City, North Carolina
1898: Greenwood County, South Carolina
1900: New Orleans, Louisiana : Robert Charles Riot
1900: New York City, New York
1906: Atlanta, Georgia
1906: Brownsville, Texas
1908: Springfield, Illinois
1910: Nationwide riots following the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4

[edit] War and Inter-War Period: 1914 - 1945

1917: East St. Louis -1917 East St. Louis Riot
1917: Chester, Pennsylvania
1917: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1917: Houston Riot (1917)
Red Summer of 1919
- 1919: Washington, D.C.
- 1919: Chicago, Illinois
- 1919: Omaha, Nebraska
- 1919: Charleston, South Carolina
- 1919: Longview, Texas
- 1919: Knoxville, Tenn - 1919 Knoxville Riot
- 1919: Elaine, Arkansas
1921: Tulsa (1921) - Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
1923: Rosewood, Florida
1935: Harlem Race Riot
1943: Detroit Race Riot
1943: Beaumont Race Riot of 1943
1943: Harlem Race Riot
1943: Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, California

[edit] Postwar era: 1946 - 1954

1946: Columbia, TN Riot

[edit] Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977

1964: Philadelphia, PA
1964: Harlem, NY
1965: Watts
1966: Hough Riots, Cleveland, Ohio
1966: North Omaha, Nebraska
1967: Detroit
1967: Newark
1968: Nationwide riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1969: York, Pennsylvania race riots
1970: Jackson State killings
1971: Camden, N.J. (1971) - Camden Riots
1972: Escambia High riots in Pensacola, Florida

[edit] Modern

1980: Miami riot
1980: Chattanooga riot
1992: Los Angeles riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of all LA police officers involved in the videotaped beating of Rodney King; riots broke out mainly involving Black youth in the Black neighborhood.
2001: Cincinnati riots: In a reaction to the acquittal of Steven Roach after the fatal shooting of an unarmed young Black male, Timothy Thomas, during a foot pursuit, riots broke out over the span of a few days.

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