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December 2, 2018 at 3:27 pm #2864Vinda LeParticipant
For the last weekly photo share with the theme of trespassing, I would like to share this image where Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson are both arrested in a Starbucks for waiting at a table without purchasing an item. They asked to use the restroom but the manager said it was for paying customers only. However, from my personal experience, I’ve seen a lot of people use the restroom, including myself without buying any of their products. Furthermore, they were there for a meeting and did not cause any trouble. However, the manager decided to call the police to escort them out. I don’t believe that the situation had to be escalated this far. Mayor Kim Jenney and the CEO of Starbucks (who are white) were both publicly willing to address this issue. It’s funny to see that the police officer who did arrest them was also African American and believed the officer instead of asking the victims any questions first. Even people of color can still commit crimes to other people of color when they are in the presence of white people. Pretty much it seems that most places belong to the rich or the white.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/us/starbucks-arrest-agreements/index.html on May 2nd, 2018 by Yon Ponrenze and Darran Simon
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November 25, 2018 at 8:17 pm #2735Vinda LeParticipant
This picture spoke to me because of the words that said “we are water” because water is not just a physical necessity but it is life. Water directly affects all aspects of life such as the land and the people and without it, nothing would survive. Therefore, it’s sad to see that because these are Native Americans, that the government thinks that it’s acceptable to contaminate their water. From the video in class, it just boggled me that the pipelines were originally supposed to be in a white neighborhood but they protested it. However, when the Sioux did the same, the oil companies still allowed it, even though that’s their main source of water. I think the statement “we are water” is a strong, bold statement that says enough about the indigenous population’s emotions towards water.
Source: Mark Trahant, August 22, 2016 https://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/3-reasons-the-standing-rock-sioux-can-stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline-20160822
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November 18, 2018 at 7:50 pm #2578Vinda LeParticipant
I chose a picture that described the horrifying reality that families had to outsource their water because the water was poisoned with lead. It’s a sad reality that people could not even brush their teeth with the sink water or even shower without being afraid of being poisoned. I’m from Sacramento, so I drink straight from tap and I’m not afraid from any kind of poisoning. As discussed in class, my hair fell out a lot when I first began showering here. I was so scared I was balding because I didn’t know until now that it was because of the water. I just knew not to drink the water from tap because the regulations here aren’t as strict as in NorCal. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be scared from accidentally swallowing the sink water from brushing your teeth which is essential to our daily lives. It’s sad to see that these are happening predominantly to people of color and the poor because they are people, too. Just because they don’t have as much money doesn’t mean their lives don’t matter as much. They deserve as much as anyone for clean water and is a basic right for those in the US.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/entertainment/stars-help-flint/index.html
Date: Feb 8, 2016 by CNN
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November 4, 2018 at 7:18 pm #2259Vinda LeParticipant
This photo was taken 3 years after the Sandy Hook shooting. Sandy Hook, was the first real modern realization that we need to change the laws on gun control because it dealt with children so young. For me, Columbine was the first massive school shooting that I heard about. Since then, gun laws should have changed because without proper enforcement, massacres like this are allowed to happen. This relates to segregation and our discussion in class where there is a difference in public and private school settings with their resources. I haven’t heard of any charter or private schools that have had school shootings. This could be that they have better resources and the money to not have as much burdens as those in public schools. There could also be better security than in public schools. What really stood out to me was that those students who do attend charter or private schools most likely have parents with money. In today’s society, money is power in a lot of ways and because incidents like these don’t affect their children, they don’t find it convincing enough to change the laws.
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/activists-renew-call-gun-control-third-anniversary-sandy-hook-shooting-404777
Photographer: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Year: 2015
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October 28, 2018 at 5:12 pm #2071Vinda LeParticipant
<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>This photo was taken by Andrea Izzoti in 2014. It relates to the topic of reparations discussed in class this week because it shows how much distress that the African Americans experienced throughout U.S. history. No amount of reparations is going to be enough to repay them. Relating this back to the Coates reading, reparations will only help alleviate some of the pain but it doesn’t mean we can forget the history of torture such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws. Just because individuals today weren’t directly involved in such disparities, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t feel bad or help because these traditions are institutionalized. Whatever happened in the past of the U.S. is still relevant to present today where certain groups experience disadvantages dating back to slavery. </span>
SOURCE: <span style=”font-weight: 400;”>https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/06/the-impossibility-of-reparations/372041/</span>
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October 19, 2018 at 6:17 pm #1781Vinda LeParticipant
The photographer of this photo is John Minchillo taken in 2014. I related this picture with the lack of greening of racial minority neighborhoods. With racial segregation of neighborhoods, the white neighborhoods are becoming more green while other racially diverse neighborhoods aren’t. The fact that the people of color can’t breathe is directly related to the neglect of the city planners. More plants and trees means more fresh air which is especially important if you live near highways or factories. While there is already a racial divide between these neighborhoods, the difference between the green and industrial areas makes the difference more noticeable. This relates to redlining where green areas were “safe” to give out loans to but those that were in the red area deemed to “risky” for. Thus, certain people or groups of people weren’t able to move to certain neighborhoods. This allowed white neighborhoods to stay white.
Source: https://www.thenation.com/article/many-struggling-breathe-amid-rampant-injustice/
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October 13, 2018 at 9:06 pm #1622Vinda LeParticipant
This political cartoon relates to the discussion in class relating to Hurricane Katrina where those most affected were the communities predominantly occupied with people of color. While natural disasters affect these communities greatly, these minority groups are in constant danger in their daily lives because of their increased risk of pollution and lack of representation. There is a clear division between where the white communities (peripherals) and the racial minorities (central) end up. While this might end up happening unintentionally, it doesn’t make it acceptable for the racial minorities to end up living in impacted communities near hazardous wastes. It’s unfair to only try to “green” the white neighborhoods who don’t really need it while those in the communities with people of color are left behind. The only way to really get away from that environment is to move but most do not have the choice most likely due to money issues.
source: http://talesofcare.blogspot.com/2016/10/caring-for-others-on-environmental.html
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November 11, 2018 at 8:52 pm #2434Vinda LeParticipant
I really enjoyed the discussion from Wednesday because I find it that there’s a reoccurring theme within our country that as a society, we only choose to protect those who we find valuable. For example, as a whole, the US does not value the lives of people of color including African Americans and Hispanics. Therefore, when there is a natural disaster such as Hurricane Maria, the outcome can be even more devastating and prolonged because as a country, we choose to not help them with all our resources. We make excuses to not help them such as that they were a territory and not a state and that they are an island away from mainland. Therefore, many people who consider the US just the mainland, do not physically see the consequences.
Source: http://vifreepress.com/2018/03/national-science-foundation-wants-puerto-rican-youths-study-natural-disasters/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-aftermath1/
Photographer: John McCarthy March 26, 2018
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