riots, were simply a catalyst for the social issues that had already manifested themselves in the community. Tension in the community has been on the verge of erupting for some time. Or as Sublime would say, "Because everyone in the neighborhood has had enough. It's getting harder and harder, harder and harder, every year" (Nowell, 1996). While some blamed whites, others blamed blacks, and still others chose to direct their anger at the police, the Bush administration pointed the finger at one person in particular, former president and creator of the Great Society program: Lyndon B. Johnson (Reading the Los Angeles Riot, 1992). Before the verdict in the King trial was even reached, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr “told a national television audience” that “”What we are seeing downtown [is] essentially the sad harvest of the Great Society ”, (Reading the Los Angeles riot, 1992). Barr's opinion was not unique, Charles Murray, author of Losing Ground, held the same belief and expressed that "the 'social dynamics' of the inner city have taken on a life of their own" due to the fact that, "The proportion of children born to single black women has continued to rise, and unemployment among young black males remains well above 1960s levels.” (Reading the Los Angeles Riot, 1992). , conditions may appear to have improved