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I chose this image because it speaks about the reality women and all sexually abused victims have to endured. It is very unfortunate that Kavanaugh was elected to be part of the supreme court. It really goes to show that the government is all for benefiting white…[Read more]

This photo shows the famous former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick posing for Nike’s new ad campaign. This photo reminds me of the topic of the week because we have been discussing the ways in which the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and today’s fight for civil right intersect and how they are different. Kaepernick is famous for being the first NFL…[Read more]

For this weeks theme on civil rights today, I chose this photograph of two African-Americans holding up a banner with the images of all the African-Americans shot to death by police. This image reminds us of all the innocent lives that have been lost due to police brutality. Our civil rights movement today consists of fighting to create better…[Read more]

This photo shows Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick was a football player for the NFL, who had recently been part of a controversial ad for Nike.

This photo was chosen because one of the themes of week 1 was: Civil Rights Today. Kaepernick was kneeling during the national anthem to protest against police…[Read more]

This photo, taken by Noel Spirandelli, shows a family holding up a photo of their father in his absence. The image is an advertisement for a documentary series called “Milwaukee 53206” that addresses mass incarceration of black men in Milwaukee. This particular zip code is the most incarcerated zip code in America. The director, Keith McQuirter,…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The photo was taken at the 1968 summer olympics that took place in Mexico. This was during the award ceremony for the men’s 200 meter race. Standing on podium 1 for the gold medal is Tommie Smith, standing on podium 2 for the silver medal is Peter Norman, and on podium 3 for the bronze medal is John Carlos. In the p…[Read more]

The photo was taken at the 1968 summer olympics that took place in Mexico. This was during the award ceremony for the men’s 200 meter race. Standing on podium 1 for the gold medal is Tommie Smith, standing on podium 2 for the silver medal is Peter Norman, and on podium 3 for the bronze medal is John Carlos. In the picture Tommie Smith and John C…[Read more]

This advertisement, aside from winning a trophy at the 2010 Cresta Awards. This advertisement creates a strong emotional connection between the babies presented and viewers through the portrayal of the idea that these babies futures and the ability for success have already been determined based solely on their skin color. The baby, from the start…[Read more]

The Good Old <b>Days</b>

Within this cartoon created by Matt Bors who is a cartoonist and editor in chief for The Nib, there is a animated version of Trump and a speech that he gave out at one of his rallies. In the background of Trump speaking, there are pictures of protests that happened during the fight for Civil Rights for African Americans…[Read more]

Michelle Alexander’s ‘The New Jim Crow’ illustrates how mass incarceration became a systematic form of discrimination and segregation that define the borders of the African American community. Although mass incarceration, by law, is not unconstitutional nor does it break any federal or state laws, it has very deeply rooted problems against African…[Read more]

Theme: Civil Rights Today

As alluded to by Michelle Alexander in asking the question; where have all the black men gone? The attached photograph is of a chain gang of prisoners (predominately Black) from Angola Prison, LA. Due to mass incarceration, the communities from which these prisoners come from are not receiving the benefits their l…[Read more]

The image I choose to present to the photo share was of Emily Ratajkowski (actress, model) and Amy Schumer (actress, comedian) protesting the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court to replace Anthony Kennedy. A total of 302 people were arrested on that day, protesting outside a Senate building in D.C., both Ratajkowski and Schumer…[Read more]