How did race riots inpact america?

Question

A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. Early use of the term in the United States referred to race riots which were often a dominant culture mob action against individuals or groups of people from other races. Much later, the term came to describe violence and property destruction by racial minority groups often directed at neighborhood business, government representatives and law enforcement agencies perceived as unfairly targeting racial groups. Mob rule, religious animosity, vigilantism, Jim Crow, lynching, racial profiling, economics, police brutality, institutional racism, urban renewal, and racial identity politics are often cited as causes of these riots. However, political decisions, repression and social hate by national or local levels of government and the larger community directed towards a certain race usually contributes to this type of riot.

Answer 1

Race and Riots: A Note on the Economic Impact of the Rodney King Riots
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/economics/vmatheso/research/rodney.pdf
It's a pdf file, so you'll need the adobe reader.

Economic legacy of 1960s riots
http://www.dynamist.com/articles-speeches/nyt/riots.html

The Collegian9/30/03 | News | « Issue Home
Rembering a Painful Past:
http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/article.asp?article=1836

Hope they help!

Answer 2

I don't think the riots helped race relations at all. They just made a lot of people mad, disgusted and not willing to change. Peaceful demonstrations and talking, education and patience brought about more change than any riot could or would.