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March 10, 2019 at 9:38 am #4745KEVIN THAIParticipant
For this week’s photo share, I share one of the more recent songs, “This is America” by Childish Gambino. In the lines “This is America. Don’t catch you slippin’ up. Look at how I’m livin’ now. Police be trippin’ now”, it shows that black folks living in America are always feeling like they are not safe regardless of being at home or out and about. And it also shows police agitated against black folks which could result to accusing and arresting them falsely. In the lyrics “This is a celly. That’s a tool”, it could be referencing to a police officer in Sacramento shot Stephon Clark. The police opened fired at Stephon Clark because they thought he had a gun. He was holding a phone.
Childish Gambino. May 5, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
Genius. May 11, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqjsstB1uKA
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March 3, 2019 at 11:19 am #4545KEVIN THAIParticipant
I found this post on Twitter. The University of Maryland made flyers for a student organization that is for white students talking about race in a safe space for white students. It is apparently for white students that are uncomfortable with their interactions with other students of color. Its claim is “anti-racism” but it is geared to white students. This photo still shows the side of the white space we learned in class. It shows that the uncomfortableness they have when talking to people of color like asking “Where are you really from?” and making it clear where people of color are from before consciously feeling safe to keep the conversation going.
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Alysa Conway. September 13, 2018.
https://twitter.com/LoveConweezy27/status/1040265311117750272/photo/1Article:
Caleb Parke. September 14, 2018
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-under-fire-for-creating-a-safe-space-for-white-students-called-white-awakeAttachments:
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February 24, 2019 at 12:31 am #4281KEVIN THAIParticipant
To represent this week’s topic, I chose a photo of Shoshone Indians that used to live in what is now Yellowstone National Park. When Yellowstone National Park was first established in 1872, it was when Native Americans were removed from the land. Yellowstone was inhabited by many different tribes and the tribes were eventually banned from the park. The problem is that the American Parks Model expects a place of preservation of nature, not a place for living. Philip Burnham, an associate professor at George Manson University, explains that people and the natural world are separate.
Source: https://www.kalw.org/post/your-call-history-native-americans-and-national-parks
Photo Credit: W.H Jackson, 1870 / National Photo Company Collection
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February 17, 2019 at 4:29 pm #4164KEVIN THAIParticipant
This photo is from an article that talks about mass incarceration. In this article, it explains that the ratio of three black men for every five black women in predominantly African-American neighborhoods, in comparison to 97 white men for every 100 white women. These statistics can be explained due to black men having higher mortality and incarceration rates. But more than that, it was due to mass incarceration. Statistics show that “One in every 2.5 black women has a family member in prison, more than three times the number for white women” (Maciag 1). It shows that there are racist connotations when putting people to prison. This article is related to this class because it also relates to the movie we have seen in class on Wednesday talking about shocking ststistics like how one out of three black men would have gone to prison once, in a predominantly African-American neighborhood.
Source: Mike Maciag, Governing – February 2019
http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-black-men-gender-imbalance-population.html
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February 9, 2019 at 9:40 pm #3825KEVIN THAIParticipant
In this episode, John Oliver talked extensively about school segregation in this particular episode. In this episode, Oliver explained that school segregation was more segregated than they were 60 years ago. He proved was that Black and Latino children were more likely to not have the resources to have a college-prep curriculum because the majority are in high-poverty schools. He also used the point about white flight, white students leaving schools that have people of color as the majority of the students. In the episode, we see parents saying that they wanted their child to not be afraid of using drugs, getting stabbed or robbed. Although these actions are intended to be for “the best for the child” rather than not being racist, it does have racist effects. It not only destroys the education of Black and Latino students but as well as their self-confidence in themselves.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8yiYCHMAlM
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight – Published on YouTube on October 30, 2016
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February 2, 2019 at 5:12 pm #3608KEVIN THAIParticipant
This photo is from a rally in Brooklyn in which thousands of students, parents, and educators demanding the end of segregated and unequal schools in New York City. It is noted that if a student was not accepted into a charter school, the student must go to the public school that is in their zone. Because of this, many students of color would end up with a public school with less funding and in a sense, more separate and unequal.
This is related to the article we should read next week on Wednesday. In that particular article, Central Highschool used to be a school that proved desegregation. But after not needing to, Central Highschool went back to a mostly black school in which many of the students do not graduate. And the top student had to catch up through lots of academic content to take the ACT in comparison to other students from other schools taking it.
SOURCE: SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
Taken October 7, 2015
https://truthout.org/articles/how-three-generations-experienced-segregated-american-education/
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/07/brooklyn-charter-schools-rally/
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January 26, 2019 at 1:04 pm #3378KEVIN THAIParticipant
This week’s topic for the photo share is segregation. And the perfect person to convey this topic is Rosa Parks. During the time of 1955, the Jim Crow laws were in place. These laws made people with different colors segregated. It was required for people with white skin to sit in the front of the bus. Once there were no more seats for a white man to sit in the front, the people sitting on those seats were given up except for Rosa Parks. This time period showed segregation based on their surroundings and how society treated whites and blacks differently.
Source: https://theconversation.com/who-was-rosa-parks-and-what-did-she-do-in-the-fight-for-racial-equality-51539
Photo Credit: Lauren/Picasa, CC BY-SA
Taken in 1955.
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January 20, 2019 at 11:28 am #3185KEVIN THAIParticipant
In this picture, the illustration shows that schools nowadays are still segregated despite the common person initially believed. This is due to many generations of racism that still has an effect on our schools. Because of the racism from previous generations, people, that live in a small area, would have to still live there due to not having enough resources to go above their initial standing. And without having enough resources, there would less funding for teachers, teaching supplies, facilities, and other resources. This idea was shown in the video clip we have seen in class, “Adam Ruins Everything – The Disturbing History of the Suburbs”.
Source: VOX – Alvin Chang – July 27, 2017
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/27/16004084/school-segregation-evolution
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