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Look at history. Every time Black people challenge the power structure they are characterized as criminals or radicals Last week, President Donald Trump described the recent protests as “rioting” by an “angry mob”. His linguistic framing of the widespread unrest was supplemented by the very title of the 1807 measure he threatened to invoke: the rarely used “Insurrection Act”, which allows states to request federal troops to help squelch internal disturbances. Much of the resulting press coverage settled on the more neutral descriptor “chaos”, a theme amplified by Trump’s allies. A Fox News op-ed on Monday proclaimed: “The rioting, looting and wave of arson hitting cities around the nation following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police is much like the disturbances that convulsed American cities in the 1960s.” Many of the uprisings that white Americans and Europeans have termed ‘riots’ were concentrated efforts to overturn systems of oppression Related: To be Black is to suffer perpetual wounds. Here’s how you can make a difference The protests contain a welter of motivations but one unifying theme. The current order of policing can no longer be countenanced Keisha N Blain is an associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom Tom Zoellner is the author of Island on Fire: The Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire Continue reading…
