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I read somewhere that pre-war Race Riots in America often consisted of attacks on one racial group by another, whereas 'modern' race riots are characterized by a localized racial group participating in general destruction of property/looting. Is this true? If so, how and why did this change?

by /u/seafoodboiler in /r/AskHistorians

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