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Cultural Fear The 1992 L.A. riots that devastated not only parts of the city, but many Americans who thought racial tensions had declined, were a manifestation of cultural fear. Cultural fear is inherent in every culture, and can be defined as a fear which that culture holds towards another. In the case of the riots, it was a black fear that a white dominated judicial system had again discriminated against them, and this fear led …

…real or perceived atrocities affecting the cultures. This verbal response is the manifestation of the deeper cultural fears inherent in the communities, which rose in response to the circumstances in which the culture was placed. The cultural fears cannot go away until the tensions creating them disappear. The cultural fears can however be analyzed via the verbal protests which express them, and help us better understand how the culture feels and reacts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** internet