Monday, October 17, 2005

Africana News Network Issues Forum 5: The Toledo Race Riot of 2005 and The Fire This Time

In 1963 protest writer James Baldwin penned his seminal work, The Fire Next Time, which provided a brilliant analysis and illustration of what would happen if America did not effectively confront and solve its ever-widening racial divide and dilemma. Since Baldwin's prophetic treatise, many Americans, black, white, and of other racial backgrounds and ethnicities have forgotten his poignant words and have slipped comfortably into their seats of extreme complacency and mediocrity. The events of Saturday, October 15, 2005 in Toledo, Ohio should be a troubling reminder that there is still much work to be done in regards to fully understanding and winning the most perplexing war which continues to visit upon the American mind, body, and soul: The Race Relations War.

Saturday, October 15, 2005 in Toledo, Ohio- Racial conflict facilitated by the National Socialist Movement (NSM)-a Virginia-based neo-Nazi group calling itself "America's Nazis Party," escalated into unfortunate violence as the NSM staged a demonstration which was met by counter opposition from local gang members and residents of a predominately black and historic Stickney community in Toledo's North section.


The violence, which included, the burning of a bar and pelting of a number of vehicles as well as police officers led Mayor Jack Ford to institute an 8pm curfew for the city which may be lifted today. Fortunately, no one was fatally wounded but a number of arrests have taken place. The emotional and psychological damage could be inestimable at this moment in a city that is already underdeveloped in many neighborhoods most affected by the recent happenings.

This incident triggers memories of the riots which shook the city and the Midwest in the 1960s, prior to and following the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The entire city has been gripped by the events of the past weekend. Religious leaders are searching for answers and politicians are attempting to locate responsibility. Underlying the blame game in the city is a larger powderkeg of racial and class tension further fueled by the evident gap between the haves and the have nots, between the black, brown, and white poor and the rest of the city. We invite commentary that involves substantive policy solutions for the city of Toledo and its residents.

See the link below to Toledo Blade articles that recap the events and discuss many of the major issues of the confrontation and their implications in its aftermath:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS16/51016004

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051017/NEWS16/51017001

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS16/510160409

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051015/COLUMNIST24/510150378

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051017/NEWS16/510170328

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS16/510160383

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051015/BREAKINGNEWS/51015023

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