{"id":4292,"date":"2015-01-13T19:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riotnumbers.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2015-01-13T19:12:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:12:46","slug":"digging-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/digging-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the major challenges of this project is deciding how far to delve into the facts of each riot.<\/p>\n

The random number generator did me a favor with the first couple of riots. It’s just a bigger challenge to find information about some of these riots than it is to find information about others. Researching the Opelousos<\/a> riot required me to read somebody’s masters thesis.<\/p>\n

Currently, however, I am researching a more recent riot. There is so much information that I could take advantage of in this case.<\/p>\n

The whole point of this project is to understand the conditions and the specific events that lead up to mass racial violence.<\/p>\n

The other side of it, though, is that I need this project to be one that has a light at the end of the tunnel. Which brings me back to the question of how much research should I do? Where do I draw the line?<\/p>\n

Already I have made a couple of Interlibrary Loan requests to get materials. I’ve solicited a special library for a piece of material. I’ve been making liberal use of the New York Times Historical Database. This weekend I realized that\u00a0I could actually see the local newspapers that covered the riot that I’m researching. I can’t find it for the day after the riot, but I can for the several days following.<\/p>\n

Many of these events could occupy months or even years of study. But, that is not the point of this project.<\/p>\n

This question, of how far to dig in, I suspect will be a primary one here in the beginning of this pursuit.<\/p>\n

In the meanwhile, I’ll resume reading The Miami Riot of 1980<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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