{"id":66991,"date":"2015-05-20T10:55:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=66991"},"modified":"2015-05-20T10:55:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:55:17","slug":"whether-you-call-it-protest-or-rioting-may-depend-on-your-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/05\/20\/whether-you-call-it-protest-or-rioting-may-depend-on-your-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Whether You Call It &#8220;Protest&#8221; or &#8220;Rioting&#8221; May Depend on Your Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On average, white and black Americans have different ideas as to what&#8217;s behind the recent unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore. A\u00a0Wall Street Journal\/NBC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/05\/systemic-racism-or-isolated-abuse-americans-disagree\/392570\/\" target=\"_blank\">poll<\/a> of 508 adults found that nearly two-thirds of African Americans felt that the unrest reflected \u201clong-standing frustrations about police mistreatment of African Americans,\u201d compared to less than one-third of whites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/05\/2-16.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66992\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/05\/2-16-500x439.png\" alt=\"2 (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/05\/2-16-500x439.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/05\/2-16.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In contrast, among whites, 58% believed that African Americans were just looking for an\u00a0&#8220;excuse to\u00a0engage in looting and violence.&#8221; A quarter of black respondents thought the same.<\/p>\n<p>Though they may see it differently, almost everyone expects the uprising\u00a0to reach more cities over the\u00a0summer.<\/p>\n<span class=\"ft_signature\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/\">Lisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hookup-New-Culture-Campus\/dp\/039328509X?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">American Hookup<\/a><em>, a book about college sexual culture; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Interactions-Institutions-Lisa-Wade\/dp\/0393931072?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/intro\/\">Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a><em>.\u00a0You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On average, white and black Americans have different ideas as to what&#8217;s behind the recent unrest in Ferguson and Baltimore. A\u00a0Wall Street Journal\/NBC poll of 508 adults found that nearly two-thirds of African Americans felt that the unrest reflected \u201clong-standing frustrations about police mistreatment of African Americans,\u201d compared to less than one-third of whites. 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