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Race Riots In John Hollitz's Thing Through The Past

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In chapter eight of John Hollitz’s novel Thing Through the Past, Hollitz dissects the Race Riots during World War two. The wartime riots in Detroit and Los Angeles during this time served as a blunt reminder of the deep racial and ethnic divisions in their society in 1943. Most of these vicious outburst happened in times where the United State’s climate felt racially charged, such as after Pearl Harbor. In Los Angeles, Mexican Americans were most commonly targeted; however, in Detroit, African Americans were the ones involved in the riots. Overall, these race riots were vicious and life threatening to everyone involved. In the section featuring detroit in this chapter, there are various sources that reflect how, when, and why these riots

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