LAPC Anthropology Largest Movement in US History Question

Critical Analysis: Are demonstrators described as protesters or looters/rioters?

2 articles chosen, to write about: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/12/critics-claim-blm-was-more-violent- than-1960s-civil-rights-protests-thats-just-not-true/

This week you need to write an essay two pages in length (at least 400 words or more) about those articles. Remember to present your argument clearly, support your argument with evidence from the 2 articles, and clearly restate your argument at the end with a brief summary of the evidence that supports it.

The goal of this assignment is to show how the same event (or a similar event) is framed in different ways depending on the point of view of the author of the article.

For this written assignment, please address the following:

How are the participants described? their actions? their behavior?

Who else was involved in this event? Were the authorities (police) present? How are they described? their actions? their behavior?

How does each article tell a different story about the event, even though it is based on the same facts? How the story of the event is told often leads readers to different conclusions about that event, and, therefore, it influences the readers’ attitudes toward protests in general.