These reactions can be viewed as a tiny fire while the media is represented by a can of gasoline being poured on that small fire. The media in no way created the problem,but they provoked the spontaneous and ignorant response spoken of earlier. Yes,people need to be informed of the horrible actions that took place on those dreadful days during the LA riots. What they do not need is to have the actions drilled into their heads until they lose all rationality and choose a violent course which they normally would not choose. Racial tension is felt and put forth by many people world-wide on a daily basis.
Many people are under the misconception that there is no problem and they are wrong.
Just because a law is passed making segregation illegal does not mean that racism will cease to exist. People are segregated from certain groups every day. Segregation lives on in the minds of every bigot alive today. As this statement clearly shows,some whites shield their bigotry behind the myth that the law envoked had instantaneously issued equal rights to the African-American people. One of the most recent and saddest exibitions of bigotry was performed by officers in Los Angeles,California.