Ohio State: Revelers, celebrants, fans and students. Tear gas, stare-downs: How Ohio State celebrations got a little out of hand White people who riot tend to be described (and treated by law enforcement) as nuisances and mischief-makers, harmless until proven otherwise, and generally receive the benefit of having their actions justified and contextualized from the outset. These scenes are repeated time after time after time, particularly on college campuses and in the aftermath of sporting events. Ferguson thugs and savages, destroying their own communities. The difference in language stretches all the way to individual autonomy. Black people in Ferguson rarely get described as students, entrepreneurs or any descriptor that frames them as anything but a monolithic black whole. mic/articles/108372/one-tweet-shows-the-hypocrisy-of-america-s-reaction-to-white-people-rioting-at-ohio-state
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