So much of what we know about these historical events is filtered through zeitgeist and doesn't really hold under scrutiny. The Metro Times article doesn't really cite any primary sources, other than unreliable witnesses who were eleven and five years old in '43, and the Life article doesn't even have photos of any of the black rioters. There certainly were black rioters, were there not? Why no photographs? Of course the white Life photographer couldn't photograph the black rioters because he would have been attacked by blacks. Also, it's not farfetched to think that Life editorialized the events, as the Left does now, to create the narrative they want. There's no question that a riot happened and sadly many good, innocent people were hurt and killed, but we can't just blame white people because it's convenient. Today you can't be white and walk down the street in most of Detroit without being harassed and threatened, and you are flat out taking your life in your hands if you do so and are a white woman. There's no reason to think that this also wasn't the case in '43 or '67.
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