{"id":9607,"date":"2026-10-21T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-dont-americans-protest-like-the-french-are-americans-cowards\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:07:59","slug":"why-dont-americans-protest-like-the-french-are-americans-cowards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-dont-americans-protest-like-the-french-are-americans-cowards\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don\u2019t Americans Protest Like the French? Are Americans Cowards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C71Oo7vUxGI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Are Americans cowards because they don\u2019t riot like the French? In this video I break down why protest looks so different in France and the U.S.: union strength, healthcare and job security, policing and penalties, federalism, and each country\u2019s history. I also cover the biggest American protests, from the civil rights movement to 2020, and why violence isn\u2019t the same as courage.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 The question people are asking<br \/>\n1:00 France\u2019s protest tradition<br \/>\n2:30 What\u2019s driving the French protests right now<br \/>\n3:45 Why America looks different: unions, healthcare, federalism<br \/>\n5:15 The cost of protesting in America<br \/>\n6:30 American protests that did change things<br \/>\n8:00 Is violence the measure of courage?<br \/>\n9:15 What it means for the next election<\/p>\n<p>Sources: public reporting and historical record. Opinions are mine and may differ from yours.<\/p>\n<p>#France #America #Protest #History #Politics<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Americans cowards because they don\u2019t riot like the French? In this video I break down why protest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-367.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}