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March 9, 2019 at 2:12 pm #4697KIM DINHParticipant
The photo I chose for this week that corresponds to the #NODAPL movement shows a banner that depicts the words ” WE ARE WATER.” I believe these words are important to highlight that water is an integral part of the native’s lives and it is a key component in their spiritual and physical well being. By implementing the Dakota Access Pipeline, the developers are not only infiltrating their drinking water source, but they’re also putting at risk the lives of many! The banner symbolizes that the indigenous people ARE WATER, they ARE being put at risk and that the pipeline WILL yield a larger detriment than many may assume. It should be noted that the damage done through this implementation not only affects an earthly entity, it affects an entire community of people who are being overlooked and disrespected an essential natural source.
PHOTO SOURCE : https://climacts.org.au/2016/08/28/nodapl/ Coral Bleach August 28 2016
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March 2, 2019 at 2:15 pm #4483KIM DINHParticipant
This week in class we got to educate ourselves more on the #MeToo movement and what it means for women. The photo I chose depicts three different women holding signs that say #MeToo, and the reason I chose this photo is because the three women are all of differing skin color. I believe this to be an important detail because it entails that the #MeToo movement has no racial limitations, and that the community is inclusive of all women that face sexual abuse and violence. Together, women can come to unite on the front that sexual assault is a gross crime, and in the words of Tarana Burke herself, “Ending sexual violence will require every voice from every corner of the world and it will require those whose voices are most often heard to find ways to amplify those voices that often go unheard.” (Burke). Her foundation of the #MeToo movement truly helps amplify the voice of those whom believe their position in this world is too miniscule to be of importance. The #MeToo movement is a gateway to absolute justice.
PHOTO INFO : Ithaca Take Back the Night http://ithacatbtn.weebly.com/blog/re-centering-the-margins-of-the-metoo-movement
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February 23, 2019 at 12:10 pm #4241KIM DINHParticipant
This week in class we discussed the #BlackLivesMatter movement and its emphasis on our current political and social society at the moment. The reason I chose this photo for this week’s discussion is because I want to highlight the ways in which the #ALLLIVESMATTER movement is hypocritical in juxtaposition to the #BLACKLIVESMATTER movement. The sign in the photo that the woman is holding simply acknowledges that yes, all lives matter and are crucial, but not ALL lives are facing the same discriminatory actions under the law. Black people are constantly facing inequalities in multiple aspects of social society, so it is hypocritical to say that all lives matter, when obviously black lives don’t matter when at the face of a gun. Perhaps the #ALLLIVESMATTER movement will be a fair cause when no lives are made different from others, but until the day everyone learns that humans are all equal, discrimination will still exist, and the movement to bring justice to black lives will continue. I believe the photo is relevant to our topic of #BlackLivesMatter because it shows the rallying support behind a need to put an end to racially defined police brutality. The movement solely draws light to the gross crimes Black people face and it shows the supporters of#ALLLIVESMATTER that in the current social state, only CERTAIN lives matter, and why is it that law enforcement gets to decide which lives are more important than others?
SOURCE : Cyneatha Millsaps
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February 16, 2019 at 7:27 pm #4068KIM DINHParticipant
This week I would like to share a glimpse from the Harrison High School Walkouts of 1968 in Chicago. The discussions we had in class this week highlighted the inequalities that people of color often face in education and their underrepresentation in positions of academic scholarship. I want to emphasize the fact that these inequalities were not only present in college education at the time, but these issues occurred in high schools as well, such as the Harrison High School of Chicago. Black and Latino students staged a walk out because their educational environment was poor, crowded, and lacked inclusion. The students felt as if there was a need for ethnic recognition, and that the Chicago School Board of Education should hire Black or Latino teachers in order to accurately portray the perspective of history through their culture’s world view. In addition, the demands included that ethnic studies courses be introduced to the school in order to represent a culturally inclusive history instead of that which is told by a white man. All of these factors are important in realizing that Ethnic Studies courses are vital to an education system, High School or University, in order to collectively educate all people on a broad view of historical events through the eyes of the race or culture of which it pertains.
PHOTO INFO : Lary Graff 1968, Chicago Reader
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February 9, 2019 at 3:51 pm #3809KIM DINHParticipant
This week in class we addressed the development of Hip Hop music and how it has progressed as time continues. The world often stigmatizes hip hop music as violent and trivial. But what many don’t understand is that many hip hop artists use their platform as a way to address social problems and bring light to inequalities that exist in the world. For this week’s photo share, I would like to present this photo of J.Cole’s album, 4 Your Eyez Only, that helps a listener gauge the social issues J.Cole wants to bring awareness to. A particular song that I’d like to focus on is called “Neighbors.” The song opens with the lines “I guess the neighbors think I’m sellin dope” and this reference is to the fact that because J.Cole and his fellow artists are Black and lived together in a predominantly white neighborhood, the neighbors suspected there was drug activity occurring. The house was later raided by SWAT because of drug suspicions, but absolutely no narcotics were to be found. This speaks to the racial inequality J.Cole and his artist friends faced simply because of their skin color. Another line, “Black in a white man territory, Cops bust in with the army guns, no evidence of the harm we done” once again references the discrimination he has faced simply because he is Black. I’d like to note that this song was produced 3 years ago, which hints to the fact that discrimination is still extremely current! As an influential artist J.Cole was able to create this song and the 4 Your Eyez Only album that helps bring awareness to inequality in present day. Unlike the stigmatized trivial version of Hip Hop many think he produces, he uses his music for awareness and is able to affect many on multiple platforms. I think J.Cole and his music are essential to understanding a way in which Hip Hop Music can be used to spur social movements and equality.
PHOTO INFO : J.Cole , 2016, 4 Your Eyez only Album
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February 2, 2019 at 11:10 am #3592KIM DINHParticipant
This week I would like to share this photo of Kathleen Cleaver, the first woman to join the Black Panther’s decision making cabinet. I chose to highlight her activism because often times when we study the Black Panther Party we overlook the women that were apart of it, and this week we emphasized just how integral the Party was to the enhancement of Black power. When we think of the Black Panther Party we see men dressed in leather suits wearing black berets, our mind doesn’t draw to the women who organized rallies, made posters, and participated in demonstrations. Kathleen Cleaver in particular worked with the numerous women in the Party to not only bring justice to inequalities against Black people at the time, but she also enhanced the image of Black Beauty, and that natural hair is indeed beautiful. I thought it was important that she drew attention and confidence to how powerful embracing your own beauty can be, and that the standard of beauty does not stop at the physical appearances of white people, but that black skin, hair, facial features and the very essence of people of color can be included in the definition of “beauty” as well. I believed this fact to be important to share because Cleaver was able to provide a different vision and message of what the Black Panther Party fought for that is often disregarded.
PHOTO INFO : https://www.essence.com/holidays/black-history-month/women-black-panther-party/#77118 ESSENCE Magazine
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January 26, 2019 at 3:49 pm #3387KIM DINHParticipant
The picture I have chosen displays multiple African American soldiers deployed as airmen during World War II. I chose this photo because it holds a deeper meaning in that these airmen were not only fighting for their supposed “country” but they were also fighting for the respect and equality they deserved. This week we focused on Malcolm X, who voiced that it was wrong and hypocritical for America to draft and expect these soldiers to defend her liberty when they couldn’t even fight for their own equal rights back home without fear of death or brutality from white members of society. The airmen returned as war veterans only to be treated with the same inequality as when they left, which gave further motive to the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders, such as Malcolm X, to demand and pursue rightful dignity for these african american veterans as a white veteran at the time would receive. The photo highlights one out of many inequalities these soldiers faced and i believe it is pertinent in understanding the underlying drives of Malcolm X as he voiced his opinions to bring light to the greatest problem in America at the time.
Photo Info : 1942, taken from San Diego air and Space Museum Archives
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January 17, 2019 at 6:52 pm #3086KIM DINHParticipant
The photo I have chosen for this week is a poster created by a Penn State student for their Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration. The photo depicts a bright red face with wide open eyes with a hand covering the figure’s mouth in which the hand utters MLK Jr’s quote “When Silence Becomes Betrayal.” Originally, the famous quote was delivered in a speech condemning the Vietnam war in 1967, and the Penn State poster was created in the year 2017. I chose the photo to show just how much social conflicts are still present in our world and continued from the time MLK Jr. delivered his speech. The red colored skin of the face shows how alert people are to social injustices and the color red symbolizes the anger or feelings of uncomfort they may have. The wide open eyes are drawn with a silhouette of a police officer in one eye, and an African American man in the other to show how bystanders are witnessing the brutality that occurs too often between the two. The engaging part of the photo is how the hand is covering the mouth. The hand over the mouth represents the absolute silence of bystanders as they watch unjustified events occur, while they simultaneously contribute to the ongoing problems of violence and racism. The photo shows the connection between the betrayal that is silence, and how silence is a problem in present day’s social movements just as it was in 1967 when the quote was originally contrived.
Photo Info : Hayle Stoner, Penn State University , November 2016- This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by KIM DINH.
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