[Arianna Zavala]

In this week’s photo share I have shared an image of an indigenous woman who is pregnant with her child. In this photo, we see a continuous cycle of water falling onto the earth and passing through her and her child and then going back into the sky to repeat itself. The purpose of this continuous cycle is to show that water is life, it is what allows life to thrive and without it not only do we lose the earth and land we live on but we lose ourselves. This idea relates to the concept discussed in class which is that these indigenous people are not protestors but they are protectors of this water because it is so essential and vital to our lives. Without water, we would seize to exist and that is why they take on this role of protectors and not protestors.

 

Date: January 25, 2017

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[Arianna Zavala]

In this week’s photo share I have shared an image of an indigenous woman who is pregnant with her child. In this photo, we see a continuous cycle of water falling onto the earth and passing through her and her child and then going back into the sky to repeat itself. The purpose of this continuous cycle is to show that water is life, it is what allows life to thrive and without it not only do we lose the earth and land we live on but we lose ourselves. This idea relates to the concept discussed in class which is that these indigenous people are not protestors but they are protectors of this water because it is so essential and vital to our lives. Without water, we would seize to exist and that is why they take on this role of protectors and not protestors.

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In this week’s photo share I decided to show a cartoon that exemplifies 1 of many obstacles women face in the workforce and in everyday life. In this image, you see that a woman is critiquing the idea of a man and stating that his strategy will not be successful in finding a solution which is categorized as threatening. The man responds by arguing back and claiming yes it will in order to defend his idea against a woman. However we see the same exact scene on the right side of the image, the only difference is that the woman now has a mustache and is now perceived to be masculine enough to be a man and thus the gentlemen’s response is nowhere near defending his idea but rather stepping back and acknowledging the critique. This exemplifies the idea that in many cases women are not taken seriously, their opinions and statements are not weighed as heavily as if a man were to speak it. Women in the workforce are then pushed down at the bottom of the pyramid simply because they identify as a woman. This relates to this week’s discussion in the same sense that women are categorized as being crazy, they are seen as hysterical when they aim high, they are seen as a “bitch” and “bossy” when they try to be a leader and when women show emotion people go as far as to blame it on her period.  This being said women around the world are put down and essentially are faced with these types of obstacles that are meant to keep men on top but that is no longer the case because times are changing and women are doing things that men never believed possible.

Date: October 30th, 2018

Source: The Cooper Review

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For this week’s photo share I choose an image from a scene in the film Straight Out of Compton. In this image you see a red bandana and a blood bandana, they each resemble the biggest gangs in LA, the crips and the bloods. These two gangs have been known to be extremely violent towards one another, in fact, because of their hatred it has led to many deaths. Yet in this scene, we see that these two gangs will put aside their differences in order to reach a common goal, to be viewed as human beings in the eyes of the police. All throughout the film, we see various examples of unnecessary police brutality, of constant discrimination and racial targetting. This type of treatment and injustice can no longer be allowed which is why these two gangs unite as one to fight back. This relates perfectly into the social movement Black Lives Matter since this mistreatment towards people of color is still an ongoing issue in our world today.

Source: Straight Out of Compton

Date: 2015

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In this week’s photo share I decided to share an image from Netflix’s tv show Dear White People, the specific scene I wanted to highlight is when Reggie is faced with a gun pointed at him by a white police officer. The scene begins with a party event with singing and dancing, however, things escalated very quickly when a white male sings the N word that is apart of a song. Character Reggie, explains to him that he shouldn’t be saying that word especially if that person does not understand where that word is rooted and how it was used because it isn’t just a word, it brings on all this history along with it. Yet, the individual doesn’t care for it and a heated argument follows. With this, a University police officer arrives on the scene and immediately goes to Reggie and asks him for his ID. Confused as to why he was directly targetted Reggie asked the police officer and this led to the police officer pointing a gun at Reggie. Based off this week’s discussion, it becomes clear how these two connect, in class we discussed how 1 person for each race is used to describe the entire race which is exactly what is happening here. Our society assumes that every person of color is a criminal, they are dangerous and violent. This horrible assumption does not only led to privilege based on the color of your skin but it ultimately leads to death for most people of color. Time and time again we see in our own society’s how people of color are directly targetted simply because of their skin, which is exactly what happened to Reggie here in this picture. He was targetted based off his skin and was the only individual asked for identification and when Reggie simply questioned it he was not asked again rather he was faced with a possibility of death. His life lied right in the hands of the white officer and if history has shown us anything it’s that he was already dead when the gun was pointed at him. This also shows the privilege that some individuals have because of their skin color, as discussed in class individuals who are identified to be white are in many cases given more rights and are ultimately treated better with regards to police and sentencing. This Netflix tv show shows us the dark reality of the world we live in and it demonstrates the type of life or death situations that people of color are faced every day in our current world.

 

Source: Netflix

Date: January 18th, 2014

 

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For this week’s photos share, I wanted to highlight one of the topics we discussed in lecture on Friday, which was the use of the N word. In class, we raised the question of who is allowed to use this term and something that came up in this discussion was why do people of color continuously use this word. The reason being is that people of color utilize this term to strip it from the negative ways it was used in the past and reclaim it as there own in order to regain power. Yet even to this day, there continues to be confusion as to what is acceptable in society.  Which is why it is important to understand where this word comes from and the negativity that it brings before we begin to use it.

Source: Medium

Date: November 15, 2017

Author: Marcus Donaldson

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For this week’s photo share I wanted to highlight one of the topics that we were discussing in class this past Friday, which was the model minority. In class we shared a discussion of the effects of the model minority and the biggest effect that stuck with me is that not only is this putting high expectations on the Asian American communities but it also causes other communities of color to be looked down upon. This concept of the model minority keeps African Americans along with Latinx communities down, it paints a picture of the low standards that are expected from these communities and doesn’t allow them to rise up. In the same way, there are other concepts and laws even that again keep people of color down, one example is our voting laws. Time and time again we are shown that the African American community along with the Hispanic community face more barriers than whites at the polls. According to the Atlantic, laws such as voter ID in areas where Republican parties are favored keeps people of color from being able to place their vote due to the racial barriers. Again this idea that the model minority and even laws today continue to push down on communities of color making it difficult to even place a ballot. Which is what we see in this picture, a hand pressing down the votes and basic rights of people of color.

Photographer: Katie Martin

Source: The Atlantic

Date: July 17th, 2018

Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/poll-prri-voter-suppression/565355/

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The image that I decided to share for this weeks photo share is an image drawn by James Spray. In this image, it depicts a little kid approaching the U.S border after what seems to be a long journey from their home country. The child is met by U.S solider fully equipped with the gear that is used during combat, in fact, they go as far as to point a gun at an innocent child. This image portrays the idea that this child has endured it all to arrive in the land we call home of the brave, yet the first thing they are met by is a gun to their face. This relates to the idea that James Baldwin describes when he was in a coffee shop and was refused service because of the color of his skin and therefore caused him to flee the U.S. These two concepts relate as we all dream and talk about the land of the free yet who is free? Because the reality is that only certain bodies are given the privileges that come with this country. Immigrants and other people are color do not count towards this concept of freedom, you must be of a certain color, race, and ethnicity in order for these privileges to apply to you.

Author: James Spray

Link: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/382524562097444444/

 

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The image that I decided to share for this week’s photo share is an image drawn by author Steven Singer. Singer is an author for the Huff Post and an educational advocate. In his image it demonstrates a hand that is at the center of all these stories. With each story we see that we are in different parts of the world for example, the US, Chile and Iraq. This image relates to this weeks topic as it demonstrates the key message which is that “injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere”. We are all interconnected and although we may live on different parts of the world if there is mistreatment of people then we are all affected by it. Which is why we cannot just sit back and watch injustices  happen we need to push and taken action.

Author: Steven Singer

Date: 1/26/2019

Source: Huff Post

Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civil-rights-arent-just-for-minorities-theyre-for_us_588a6d87e4b0da1b94946d22

 

 

 

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For this week’s photo share I have decided to pick an image that was taken at a protest, that demonstrates a powerful sign. The sign states, “But why did you need not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6 but 7 cops there?”. This sign relates exactly to the idea of trespassing which is what we discussed in week nine. Similar to what was explained in class, trespassing is defined as the cost of being black in a white neighborhood. It is the cost of profiling, these individuals are simply in the space yet because of their appearance and the color of their skin they are classified as not belonging in the space and therefore they are attacked. It is because of their skin color or their appearance that not 1 or 2 cops needed to be there but 7.

Source: Southjeseryjournal.com

Photographer: Unknown

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For this weeks photo share I decided to post a photo of an image that was taken in the midst of all the protesting for Standing Rock. This image was taken November 1, 2016 on highway 1806 in North Dakota. In the image you can see how there is two sides fighting here, those who are against the DAPL and those who are attempting to keep the protestors out. In this picture you see that protests of all around have come to help prevent to implementation of the DAPL, these protestors carry signs and are even dressed with varying colors. The police on the other hand carry boutons, masks and gas tanks as if they were ready to enter into a violent scene. As discussed in class these protestors are in fact no identified as protestors but rather they are water protectors, simply trying to protect their own rights to clean water. In addition to the water protectors, we also identified another group, the police. We explained in class that while water protectors were simply voicing their own opinions, the police began such violent attacks on to these people in order to keep them out and shut them down. Which is exactly what this picture depicts, we see these protectors lined up side by side while we see the police come in with such instruments of violence for no other purpose than to disrupt and endanger the lives of those who are not in agreeance for what they believe.

Source: kfyrtv.com

Link: https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Standing-Rock-Sioux-Tribe-says-they-are-not-associated-with-DAPL-protesters-who-attempted-to-establish-new-camp-412494563.html

Photographer: Rob Wilson

Date: November 1, 2016

Location: North Dakota

 

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The photo I have chosen for this week is an image of prisoners from Redding, California who just finished their 24 hour shift fighting the endless California fires. This relates to this theme as we discuss the idea of surplus population has zero value to capitalism. In this image we see that this concept is true unless you are a prisoner, because they no longer become citizens apart of society but rather get devalued and their bodies are now used as machines. Which is exactly what is being portrayed in this image, these prisoners are now being used for their labor, they are taken for granted and not valued by society as they have no experience and are thrown out into the fires. This devalued view of our prisoners needs to change and for those who argue that slavery is no longer in our society, they should consider looking once more because although the term slavery isn’t used they are abusing our prisoners and viewing them as simply money machines.

 

Source: KQED

Photographer: Adam Grossberg

Date: October 13, 2017

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https://www.kqed.org/news/11623289/hundreds-of-the-firefighters-battling-sonoma-fires-inmates

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This weeks photo share is an image taken of a protestor one year after Katrina hit. She is carrying a sign that states, ” Stop Evicting Katrina Survivors” and the reason for this is because after Katrina hit people saw it as an opportunity to remove people of color from these communities and so called whitewash the neighborhoods. So rather than helping these individuals and providing them with the aid they need to thrive once again. This relates to this weeks theme as we discussed how hurricane Katrina negatively impacted people of color as they received no aid from the government whatsoever.

Link:https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=15-P13-00035&segmentID=2

Year: 2006

Photographer: Craig Morse

Source: Living on Earth

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The image I have chosen for this week’s photo share is a cartoon drawn by Gazette Roger in the year 2005. In the image you see an African American man standing in the midst of what you used to be a neighborhood and is now in ruins due to a disaster. As he’s standing in all the rubble he reads a book titled, “Fema’s Guide to Avoiding Disaster”, above the man is a text bubble the explains what is in the book.  It states that the first step to avoiding a disaster is gather up your food,water, clothes and any other items you may need, and step 2 states to move to a rich white neighborhood. This relates to this weeks theme as it demonstrates exactly what we’ve been learning, that communities of color, are pushed into geographic regions that are not suitable to health living conditions. The point of this image is to demonstrate that affluent white communities would never have to suffer through disasters or be forced to live next to toxic waste lands. Therefore in order for individuals to avoid these types of living conditions they must move into a white neighborhood, however the reality is that because of their skin color these individuals are not welcomed in these neighborhoods. Therefore it becomes evident that in order to avoid disasters you not only have to move into these neighborhoods but you essentially have to be rich and white which is the current truth in our society.

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http://talesofcare.blogspot.com/2016/10/caring-for-others-on-environmental.html

Date: 2005

Cartoon Artist: Gazette Roger

Article Title: Caring for Others

Author:

Nick Chiles

 

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I selected this cartoon as this week photo share as it connects directly to the reading, The Case for Reparations written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The reason being is because in his reading he discusses both the poll tax and kleptocracy, these two concepts contribute to this very cartoon as the poll tax is just another obstacle that the government put in place to keep African Americans from voting. They claim that this system is fair, that everyone should put in their fair share in order to vote however African Americans are already being underpaid because of the color of their skin and on top of that they would like to charge such high fees in order to keep individuals from voting. In addition the concept of kleptocracy comes into play as our government claims that each individual has the opportunity of voting however it starts in a position that is already at a disadvantage to African Americans. Thus making it nearly impossible for individuals to feel heard as they are unable to reach the finish line to vote. This cartoon was made by Lauren Hollingsworth in the year 2013.

Source: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/493237704478162944

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