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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 9 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 4 months ago
For this week’s photo share on lyrical representation, I decided to share J Cole’s “Neighbors” as it speaks on the dangers of racializing and criminalizing black people, especially black men. The song speaks on how even if you’re an artist as well known as J Cole, people will still only choose to view him as a black ‘dangerous’ man. Due to t…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 8 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 4 months ago
In order to capture the theme of the week, I wanted to share this meme that accurately reflects the degree to which white people protect their dear white space. Although obviously edited, the meme shows BBQ Becky on the phone with the police while at former President Obama’s inauguration. Even though the meme is supposed to be lighthearted h…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 5 months ago
The image showcases the peaceful scenes prior to the brutal forces of settler colonialism that forced the Native tribes (predominantly Blackfeet, Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootnei) to give up their space in an area that held strong spiritual and ancestral ties for these groups and were pushed into reservations. The setting here is the Glacier N…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 5 months ago
For this week’s photo share, I chose to include a personal story on the middle schools in my area and my mom’s decision to send us to the better one. I grew up in San Pedro and so I was designated to go to the one in my area, Dana Middle school in San Pedro. The kids who went to Dana were mainly Latinx (80%), then white, then black students, with…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 4 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 5 months ago
The image below depicts 19 year old David Isom at the segregated community pool after having crossed the color line. This was not an isolated incident as other black folks had previously gone for a swim in the pool which resulted in both the pool and the facility being temporarily closed for three days after.There was no given alternative for…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 3 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 6 months ago
The image that I chose for this week’s photo offers a slightly different visual perspective to the realities of segregation. Viewing images through a black and white lens chips away at our ability to fully submerge ourselves in that environment as it paints the setting as foreign, allowing us to easily forget that the subject was only 60 years…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 6 months ago
The image that I selected for this week’s theme is one that showcases the unfortunate reality that many black families had to encounter in occupying and purchasing homes. The cartoon image, retrieved from a 1948 report called “Segregation in Washington,” includes the board’s code of ethics that governed Washington DC’s real estate market which…[Read more]
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MARIA ECHEVERRIA joined the group Organic Social Movements (Winter 2019) 5 years, 6 months ago