Protests? Yes. Riots? No.

You sound too young to remember the Martin Luther King protest marches; the sometimes peaceful protests of other periods, the women's marches. All intended to bring about social change. I won't characteri­ze how I feel about some of them, but I will offer that given enough support, and large enough numbers, even blase Americans take notice, talk about it, sometimes-­wonder of wonders!-e­ven vote and push for change.
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