Response to Sept letter to White House Received Dec 29

 It is no longer possible to communicate with our leaders - only with their Communications Departments with responses chosen by algorithms.

Summer of 2020 - generational difference in response

Dorothy Youngblood <dorothy.youngblood@gmail.com>	Jun 16, 2020, 3:10 PM
to Joshua, bcc: Wayne

Hi Josh,

I don't have time to do an exhaustive replay of my childhood,
but it occurred against the backdrop of a world recovering
from war - still unearthing the full horrors of the Nazi death
 camps, the horrors of apartheid in South Africa 

and living under the threat of nuclear annihilation. 

The Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis,
young people dropping out, getting drafted. 

China's Cultural revolution "Red Guards marched
 across China in a campaign to eradicate the 'Four Olds'.
Old books and art were destroyed, museums were ransacked, 

and streets were renamed with new revolutionary names and 

adorned with pictures and the sayings of Mao.^[12] 
Many famous temples, shrines, and other heritage sites
 in Beijing were attacked.^[13] 

^{Just to name a few... Attached is a list of the background of
riots I grew up with.} 

<sup>This does not include world events or just plain sit-ins and protests.

So much tearing of the fabric of what I considered to all be my home!!</sup>

^{If we are not responding as you think we should to the current situation,
please bear in mind we are war weary.}

^Love,

^Mom

1963 (age 10) – Assassination of President Kennedy

 

1966 until 1976 – Cultural Revolution  in Red China  (ages 13-23)

 

 

Vietnam War 1955-1975 (ages 2- 22) 
Draft by lottery began Dec. 1969   (age 16)

 The draft was contiunuous from 1940 until it came to an end in 1973 when the
United States Armed Forces moved to an all-volunteer military

1960–1969  (ages 7-15)

1968 Washington, D.C., riots

·         1960 – HUAC riot, May 13, Students protest House Un-American
Activities Committee hearings, 12 injured, 64 arrested, San Francisco, California

·         1960 – Newport Jazz Festival Riot, July 2, Newport, Rhode Island

·         1960 – El Cajon Boulevard Riot, August 20, San Diego, California

·         1960 – Ax Handle Saturday, August 27, Jacksonville, Florida

·         1962 – Ole Miss riot 1962, September 3 – October 1, The University of Mississippi,
 Oxford, Mississippi

·         1963 – Birmingham riot of 1963, May 11, Birmingham, Alabama

·         1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland

·         1964 – Chester School Protests, April 2–26, Chester, Pennsylvania

·         1964 – 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests June thru August, 
St. Augustine, Florida

·         1964 – the July 16 killing of James Powell by police in the
 Yorkville neighborhood just south of East Harlem precipitates a string of race riots in July and August, including:

o    1964 – Harlem Riot of 1964, July 16–22, New York City

o    1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24–25, Rochester, New York

o    1964 – Jersey City Riot, August 3–5, A disorderly conduct
arrest set off accusations of police brutality and were followed by
protests and riots.^[3] At least two residents were shot and several police
and rioters were injured,^[4] Jersey City, NJ

o    1964 – Dixmoor race riot, August 15–17, Dixmoor, Illinois

o    1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot, August 28–30, Philadelphia

·         1965 – Selma to Montgomery marches, March 7–25, Alabama

·         1965 – Watts riots, August 11–17, Los Angeles, California

·         1966 – Division Street riots, June 12–14, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois

·         1966 – Omaha riot of 1966, July 2, Omaha, Nebraska

·         1966 – 1966 Chicago West-Side riots, July 12–15, Chicago, Illinois

·         1966 – Hough riots, July 18–24, Cleveland, Ohio

·         1966 – Marquette Park housing march, August 5, Chicago, Illinois

·         1966 – Waukegan riot, August 27, Waukegan, Illinois

·         1966 – Benton Harbor riots, August 30 – September 4, Benton Harbor, Michigan

·         1966 – Summerhill and Vine City Riots, September 6–8 Atlanta, Georgia

·         1966 – Hunters Point social uprising, September 27 – October 1 San Francisco, California

·         1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots, November 12, various other flareups,
basis for the song "For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)", West Hollywood, California

·         1967 – Long Hot Summer of 1967 refers to a year in which 159 race riots,
almost all African-American, erupted across the United States, including:

o    1967 – Avondale riots, June 12–15, Cincinnati, Ohio

o    1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27, Buffalo, New York

o    1967 – 1967 Newark riots, July 12–17, Newark, New Jersey

o    1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14–21, Plainfield, New Jersey

o    1967 – Cairo riot, July 17, Cairo, Illinois

o    1967 – 1967 Detroit riot, July 23–29, Detroit, Michigan

o    1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, a.k.a. the H. Rap Brown riot, Cambridge, Maryland

o    1967 – 1967 Saginaw riot, July 26, Saginaw, Michigan

o    1967 – Milwaukee riot, July 30, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

·         1968 – Orangeburg Massacre, S.C. State Univ., February 8, Orangeburg, South Carolina

·         1968 – Memphis Sanitation Strike riot, March 28, Memphis, Tennessee

·         1968 – Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, Memphis, Tennessee,
precipitates all April 4–14 riots, including:

o    1968 – 1968 Detroit riot, April 4–5, Detroit, Michigan

o    1968 – 1968 New York City riots, April 4–5, New York City, New York

o    1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 4–8, Washington, D.C.

o    1968 – 1968 Chicago riots, West Side Riots, April 5–7, Chicago, Illinois

o    1968 – 1968 Pittsburgh riots, April 5–11, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

o    1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6–14, Baltimore, Maryland

o    1968 – Avondale riot of 1968, April 8, Cincinnati, Ohio

o    1968 – 1968 Kansas City riot, April 9, Kansas City, Missouri

o    1968 – Wilmington Riot of 1968, April 9–10, Wilmington, Delaware

o    1968 – Trenton Riot of 1968, April 9–11, Trenton, New Jersey

·         1968 – Columbia University protests of 1968, April 23, New York City, New York

·         1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, Louisville, Kentucky

·         1968 – Akron riot, July 17–23, Akron, Ohio

·         1968 – Glenville Shootout, July 23–28, Cleveland, Ohio

·         1968 – 1968 Miami riot, August 7–8, Miami, Florida

·         1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention protests,
including the police riots of August 27–28, Chicago, Illinois

·         1969 – Zip to Zap riot, May 9–11, Zap, North Dakota

·         1969 – People's Park Riots, May, Berkeley, California

·         1969 – 1969 Greensboro uprising, May 21–25, Greensboro, North Carolina

·         1969 – Cairo disorders, May–December, Cairo, Illinois

·         1969 – Stonewall riots, June 28 – July 2, New York City, New York

·         1969 – 1969 York Race Riot, July 17–24, York, Pennsylvania

·         1969 – Days of Rage, October 8–11, Weathermen riot in Chicago, Illinois

1970–1979  (age 17-26)

·         1970 – San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing,
 February 16, San Francisco, CA

·         1970 – University of Puerto Rico riot, March 4–11,
at least one killed, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

·         1970 – Student strike of 1970, May 1970

·         1970 – Kent State riots/shootings, May 1970, four killed, Kent, Ohio

·         1970 – New Haven Green Disorders, Yale University,
May 1970, New Haven, Connecticut

·         1970 – Augusta Riot, May 11–13, Augusta, Georgia

·         1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City

·         1970 – Jackson State killings, May 14–15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi

·         1970 – 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4–10, Asbury Park, New Jersey

·         1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, Royal Oak, Michigan

·         1970 – Sterling Hall bombing, Univ. of Wisc., August 24, one killed, Madison, Wisconsin

·         1970 – Chicano Moratorium riot, August 29, Los Angeles, California

·         1971 – Wilmington riot 1971, February 9, Wilmington, North Carolina

·         1971 – May Day protests 1971, May 3, Washington, D.C.

·         1971 – Camden riots, August 1971, Camden, New Jersey

·         1971 – Attica Prison uprising, September 9–13,
at least 39 killed, Attica, New York

·         1973 – Wounded Knee incident, February 27 –
May 8, Wounded Knee, South Dakota

·         1973 – Shooting of Clifford Glover Riot, April 23, Rioting broke
out in South Jamaica, Queens after an undercover NYPD officer
 shot and killed a ten-year-old African-American youth. New York, New York

·         1974 – SLA Shootout, May 17, Los Angeles, California

·         1974 – Baltimore police strike, July, Baltimore, Maryland

·         1974 – Boston busing race riots anti-busing riots
throughout Boston, Massachusetts

·         1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot, July 1975, Detroit, Michigan

·         1976 – Escambia High School riots, February 5, Pensacola, Florida

·         1976 – Anti-busing riot in downtown Boston, April 5, Boston, Massachusetts

·         1976 – Marquette Park unrest, June–August, Chicago, Illinois

·         1977 – Humboldt Park riot, June 5–6, Chicago, Illinois

·         1977 – New York City Blackout riot 1977, July 13–14, New York City, New York

·         1978 – Fireman Strike Arson, July 2, 1978, Memphis, TN

·         1978 – Moody Park riot, May 5, 1978, Houston, Texas

·         1979 – Herman Hill riot, April 15, Wichita, Kansas

·         1979 – White Night riots, May 1979, San Francisco, California

·         1979 – Levittown Gas Riot, June 23–24, Thousands rioted
 in response to increased gasoline prices in the U.S.,
198 arrested, 44 police and 200 rioters injured. Gas stations were damaged
and cars set on fire, Levittown, Pennsylvania

·         1979 – Greensboro massacre, November 3, Greensboro, North Carolina

·          

1980–1989  (age 27-36)

·         1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, February 2–3, Santa Fe, New Mexico

·         1980 – Miami riot 1980, May 17–19, Miami, Florida

·         1982 – Miami riot 1982, December 28, A Miami policeman shoots
 a black video game player in an arcade. Riots breakout in the Overtown
section of Miami. Miami, Florida

·         1986 – Marquette Park KKK rally, June 28, Chicago, Illinois

·         1988 – TompkWains Square Park riot, August 6–7, New York City

·         1988 – Cedar Grove, Shreveport, Louisiana

·         1989 – 1989 Miami riot, January 16–18, Miami policeman kills
 a black motorcycle rider. Riots breakout in the Overtown
section of the city. Miami, Florida

·          

1990–1999 (age 37 - 46)

·         1991 – 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mount Pleasant riot, May 5–9, Washington, D.C.

·         1991 – Crown Heights riot, August 1991, Brooklyn, New York

·         1992 – L.A. Rodney King riots, April–May 1992, Los Angeles, California

·         1992 – West Las Vegas riots, April 29, Las Vegas, Nevada

·         1992 – 1992 Washington Heights riots, July 4–7, Manhattan, New York, Dominican community

·        

1993 (Feb-Apr)  - Waco Seige of Branch Davidians

 1993 (Feb-Apr) - Waco Seige of Branch Davidians

·         1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996, St. Petersburg, Florida

·         1997 – North Hollywood shootout, February 1997, Los Angeles, California

·         1999 – Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, East Lansing, Michigan

·         1999 – Woodstock '99 music festival incident, July 1999, Rome, New York

·         1999 – WTO Meeting of 1999, "The Battle in Seattle", November 1999, Seattle, Washington

21st century

2000–2009  (age 47- 56)

·         2000 – Elián González affair, Miami, Florida

·         2000 – Brooks Brothers riot, Miami-Dade County, Florida

·         2000 – Puerto Rican Day Parade attacks, June 11, Central Park, New York City

·         2001 – Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February 27, 2001, Seattle, Washington

·         2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 10–12, Cincinnati, Ohio

·         2003 – Benton Harbor riot, June 2003, Benton Harbor, Michigan

·         2003 – Miami FTAA Protests, November 2003, Miami, Florida

·         2004 – 2004 American League Championship Series, October 21, 1 dead,
Boston, Massachusetts

·         2005 – Civil disturbances and military action in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina,
August – September, New Orleans, Louisiana

·         2005 – 2005 Toledo riot, October 15, Toledo, Ohio

·         2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4, San Bernardino, California

·         2007 – The Los Angeles May Day mêlée, May 1, Los Angeles, California

·         2009 – Riots against BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, January 7,
120 arrested, Oakland, California

·         2009 – Akron riots, March 14, 2009, 7 arrested; and July 2009,
unknown number arrested, Akron, Ohio

·         2009 – 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit protests, September 24–25, 193 arrested

All against a backdrop of heart-breaking world events