MLK: A riot is the language of the unheard.

[Maraya1969]

2. Even though I am a white woman I know why people are rioting from my own tiny experience

Back after hurricane Charlie I was without electricity for about 10 days. It seemed like everyone else was getting theirs turned on but my neighborhood, very middle class, was being ignored.

Anyway I was so mad because it was so hot and I felt like I was being ignored. Like all of us here were being ignored.

I went to the convenience store down the street for something and the garbage cans were way full up. And all of a sudden I just wanted to throw my garbage on the ground. And I am a person who never throws garbage on the ground and always recycles etc.

I was kind of shocked at my inclination and I realized that it was all about feeling forgotten and uncared for. It was sort of like, "Well if you don't care than neither do I"

And that's it. And because of that I understand why people riot and loot and do all sorts of destructive things. Sometimes you just don't know what to do with yourself and feel so frustrated that you do something damaging.