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Rothman's Article, "Mobs of White Citizens Rioting Have Been Commonplace in the United States for Years" has an important statement that I agree with so much, "...Nor does it take much effort to see that those mobs have frequently engaged in such activities in support of the idea that authority, power and
speech in the United States are only legitimate when exercised by white people and on behalf of white people." White privilege is such a joke and the events that happened at the Capitol just shows how far these people will go just to say that they don't want change. For super officials to say "this is not America" is a lie and they cannot own up to being apart of encouraging this type of violence by turning a blind eye due to someones race. Injustice is America. Shown everywhere on television and more people are standing up telling us how messed up our government is. Racism, sexism will never leave our country in my personal opinion, there will always be people going out of their way to make another persons life something to fear. This is something out world can;t get passed, especially with the encouragement of our previous president. Honestly, we can only hope that people will see what kind of impact that are making and change.
-Erin De la Torre

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What I think about what  Rothman wrote is neutral but by me liking rhetoric I think about America what we have done what we have accomplished to this day and it's really mind-blowing if we look back to the ancient folks we have changed in many ways. By us Making disaster and threatening a president like Joe Biden getting threatened by trump supporters a few weeks ago. What I think is everyone should listen and just think positively sometimes it makes me wonder why riots and bad people get out of making bad things and rioting. What I don't understand is why there is so much negativity in the world why do people don't follow rules, why do racisms exist, why do people kill each other, why do people suicide, why do people take narcotics. All this just doesn't make sense I really makes me think that our home what we call America is changing every minute and every year it just doesn't make sense. Like kids or adults have been killed by other races and those kids and adults don't deserve that just by their skin color I think everyone should be treated equally. Kids should have to deal with problems due to their asking color because of how they were born they should get treated right and that goes for every race that exists.

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Discussion Board for Rothman's Article, "Mobs of White Citizens Rioting Have Been Commonplace in the United States for Years"

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Discussion Board for Rothman's Article, "Mobs of White Citizens Rioting Have Been Commonplace in the United States for Years"

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For this assignment, you will write a thoughtful one-paragraph response to the article, written by Professor of History, Joshua D. Rothman.  Consider the following questions when responding:

~ What is your position on the constant rhetoric of "This is not America," "This is not who we are," etc, considering what Rothman has shared?
~ What do you think the events that Rothman mention actually say about the history of our country? How can we move past denial and discuss the real life, ongoing implications?
~ What words stand out to you? How are they used? What do they mean?
~ Think back to the Cori Bush Article. How did Rothman's article support what she had mentioned in her article?

Remember to write your name after your response (--Ms. Barrera)

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For super officials to use the excuse "this is not America", "We've never supported this violence" along with many other excuses is so wrong. This has always been America, the white privilege and violence has become more and more clear to people around the world. Nothing has changed in America, and the abuse of power has only grown creating even more white supremacists. People in power are meant to lead us to a greater future yet abuse their power to enforce said dangers. It is very frustrating and terrible to watch people lose their lives over situations that could have been avoided if America was what it was meant to be. A place of freedom and equality, but it has not been that for a very long time now. I really hope that our world gets on track and becomes a brand new version of our current world because our world right now is terrible. -Erin D

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My opinion on the constant rhetoric of  “This is not America,” “This is not who we are'' makes me very sad and frustrated that we have to continue to apologize and reterorate that those people are a representation of who Americans are. It’s shameful to think that other countries currently see us as rioters who use force and violence and put others in danger because we don’t agree with something. But the worse part is that people in this country think it’s okay to behave in that way. We can observe in this article that this is nothing new to this country. The article mentions that in 1898 white supremacist did a coup to overthrow the government of Wilmington and North Carolina. They didn't just overthrow the government but they murdered black people and destroyed neighborhoods that belonged to black people. This event is an example of how  white people riot without peace. There are many more events like these that include white people killing or putting black people in danger. I think these kinds of events should open up our eyes to see how racist and unfair our country is. This also shows us what white privilege looks like. People who believe they can get away with anything just because their skin color is white. History just keeps repeating itself. White privilege can be seen throughout history and I think it's time we stand up and do more to create change. This country is full of different races and we all deserve equal opportunities. We need to fight for what we believe, peacefully of course.

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My opinion on the constant rhetoric of  “This is not America,” “This is not who we are'' makes me very sad and frustrated that we have to continue to apologize and reterorate that those people are a representation of who Americans are. It’s shameful to think that other countries currently see us as rioters who use force and violence and put others in danger because we don’t agree with something. But the worse part is that people in this country think it’s okay to behave in that way. We can observe in this article that this is nothing new to this country. The article mentions that in 1898 white supremacist did a coup to overthrow the government of Wilmington and North Carolina. They didn't just overthrow the government but they murdered black people and destroyed neighborhoods that belonged to black people. This event is an example of how  white people riot without peace. There are many more events like these that include white people killing or putting black people in danger. I think these kinds of events should open up our eyes to see how racist and unfair our country is. This also shows us what white privilege looks like. People who believe they can get away with anything just because their skin color is white. History just keeps repeating itself. White privilege can be seen throughout history and I think it's time we stand up and do more to create change. This country is full of different races and we all deserve equal opportunities. We need to fight for what we believe, peacefully of course.

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- Genevieve Cruz

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Considering the facts that Rothman wrote about, I am in opposition to the rhetoric of "This is not America," "This is not who we are," and the like because when one steps back to look at America's history then they will find that riots and insurrections like the one that occurred on January 6th aren't uncommon. They have been happening for well over a century. I never knew about this before, I thought "Wow, that's crazy, I would've never thought that people would actually do that." Now I see that people will do that and I still think it's insane that this has been a reoccurring issue in the U.S. for such a long time. I don't think that some people can or will move past the denial that things like this are apart of America. Some people choose to ignore facts like these and it is really unfortunate because it reduces the rate at which this country is changing and stops the progress that protestors and activists fight so hard for.
- Alexander Miller-Brown (Zander)

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my position on the constant rhetoric of "this is not America" "this is not who we are" is how embarrassing it was to watch as if America is known to riot. I think the events Rothman mentioned in our history or our country is violence. A way we can move past denial is by people speaking more of it and actually showing what's wrong. A word that stands out to me is white supremacists it is used as white people thinking they are in power and murder people of color. Rothman supported the idea of how America is known for its violence and white supremacies. -gisele martinez