[UA] Thoughts on LA riots of 1992?

[Matthew Rowan Norwood]

Yo!  Aaron, you rock.  A black American man ascends as the Martyr (I'm
going to take it to the high-level archetypes here), sparking the riots
in LA.  He represents the idea that the black man will never have
justice... this is both the strength and weakness of the archetype, his
light and dark sides.

I like... and it really helps me conceptualize the dark side of the
Martyr.  And yes, of _course_ the current Martyr would be a black man in
America (probably a Jew fifty years ago... lots of avatars walking
around all the time, though, in different forms.)

Just thinking out loud,

Matt


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