Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The previous attempt at passing the bill had not been simply voted down but ridiculed in the process.ĭuring the Watts rebellion, a reporter interviewed two Black teenagers about why the riots had happened. In August 1967, the House of Representatives rejected a bill to exterminate rats in the inner city, and in response the protestors chanted We want a rat bill! at progressively higher volumes. Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 1 Insights on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's Race for Profit

It was a product of repeated reports by African American media about the conditions in cities, which were largely ignored by mainstream explanations that blamed the housekeeping and hygiene of individual families. #4 The urban vermin trope symbolized the degradation of Black urban life in the United States. More than a thousand African Americans gathered on Chicago’s West Side in protest. #3 In 1966, a Chicago baby was killed by a rat while sleeping in his crib. You open the back door and one of them jumps over your foot from the back porch. The rent is too high and rats, they are big. One explained where he and his family lived: We live in a two-bedroom apartment. #2 During the Watts rebellion, a reporter interviewed two Black teenagers about why the riots had happened. The previous attempt at passing the bill had not been simply voted down but ridiculed in the process. #1 In August 1967, the House of Representatives rejected a bill to exterminate rats in the inner city, and in response the protestors chanted We want a rat bill! at progressively higher volumes. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor