I've been learning about this in my sociology class, "defining the situation"
While it may seem like horrendous event when viewed outside of that social structure(especially from a news outlet intent on villainizing Reese) to the people in the video and locals of that area, it was probably commonplace.
Both Reese and the girl seemed comfortable with using violence, and if the video is the only indicator, the girl did strike first. To me,the post-fight stomping of her body seemed especially cruel, however, to the people in the video it almost went unnoticed, people are still texting on their phone and didn't seem particularly intent on doing anything about it.
What I'm trying to reiterate is this is common place in certain neighborhoods, with the locals not viewing it in the same context as us. Is it wrong? Probably.Did rhianna take chris brown back after he beat the **** out of her? Yes
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