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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 9 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 1 month ago
Link to lyric video:
Once an Addict (Interlude) – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP3dXsMO8a8
J. Cole’s song “Once an Addict” has powerful lyrics regarding parents’ substance addiction and the strain it places on young adults starting their lives away from home. College for those with white privilege is generally a space of growth,…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 8 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 1 month ago
I chose this disgusting image because it relates to many white people’s obsession with where people of color are “really” from. Non-supporters of Obama have been obsessed with the idea that he his a “Muslim illegal immigrant from Africa” who, therefore, should not be President because he is not from America. Obama was the first president to ever…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
This photo is a screenshot of the Yellowstone National Park website’s staff page, where Yellowstone’s 75 “office” staff members (higher-paid and non-ranger staff) are listed with pictures. Of the 75 people, there was just one person of color (I am judging their whiteness based on how I see their…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 6 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
Photograph: Gerald Herbert, 2011.
https://eji.org/history-racial-injustice-prison-labor
This is a picture of prisoners returning from working in fields at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. This image demonstrates the themes about prison labor and exploitation that we’ve been discussing in class this week. Prisoners are exploited for their l…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
Photo produced by WMAZ-tv. Daily Mail article published April 28, 2014.
This is a photo a biracial couple attending the first ever racially-integrated prom held at Wilcox County High School in Georgia, in…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 4 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 2 months ago
‘Lone Icelandic Church’; Brandon Falls, September 9, 2015.
http://brandonfalls.com/historic-churches-of-iceland-pictures
I chose this image because in many ways it symbolizes James Baldwin’s journey with the Christian Church. Baldwin was looking for refuge from the Harlem’s reinforcement of the country’s white supremacy, institutionalizing black…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 3 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago
Photographer: Freidman-Abeles, 1959.
This is a photograph of Broadway’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s play “A Raisin in the Sun” in 1959. In short, “A Raisin in the Sun” is a play about the s…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov joined the group Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago
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Isabel Lavrov replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago
Artist: Lalo Alcaraz. Published August 7, 2012, “Andrews McMeel Syndicate”; http://www.pocho.com/it-was-a-green-skinned-big-eyed-flying-martian-robot-peeper-toon/
I picked this image because it is a comedic metaphor the topic of the white Manifest Destiny, “New World” mindset white Americans have had since European settlers sought to explore…[Read more]
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Isabel Lavrov joined the group Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 3 months ago