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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 9 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 7 months ago
This photo is a screenshot of a tweet that was posted after a Kendrick Lamar concert. Lamar invited a fan on stage to sing along to one of his songs. She was a white woman. He quickly stopped her after she repeatedly sang the n-word- part of the song’s lyrics. There were mixed reactions to this- some believed Lamar did the right thing while others…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 8 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 7 months ago
This photo was taken from an article published by NPR entitled “Starbucks, Police And Mayor Respond To Controversial Arrest Of 2 Black Men In Philly.” This incident occurred on April 12, 2018 in which two black individuals were arrested at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia. The two men asked to use the restroom but were denied because the restroom…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 8 months ago
I chose this photo because it’s a very different image of Yosemite national park that we are not used to seeing. It is a photo of a native mother and her child (source- J. T. Boysen 1901) that lived in Yosemite. Our views of Yosemite are often of nature, waterfalls, and wildlife. It’s not often that the people that have inhabited this land are eve…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 6 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 8 months ago
This image comes from a New York Times article entitled “As Inmates, They Fight California’s Fires. As Ex-Convicts, Their Firefighting Prospects Wilt.” In the California Camp Fires of 2018, inmates were employed to put out the fires. These inmates were paid an average of $2 per day, while firefighters are paid $20+ per hour. This is only one exam…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 8 months ago
A discussion topic that stood out to me from this week was that of “tiger parenting.” Though this concept is one that is very familiar to me, I learned only this week that it was common enough to have its own term. I feel as though cultural differences and practices are often generalized and are used as excuses to stereotype groups. I haven’t…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 4 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 8 months ago
This image is particularly significant to me because of how I was educated on the civil rights movements early on in school. I was taught by my teachers that Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. were opposing entities; one promoting violence vs. nonviolence. They were often pitted against each other and Martin Luther Jr. was shone in much more of a…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 3 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 8 months ago
This photo was created by Julie Wineard for an NBC article entitled “The resegregation of America.” The article talks about how, as a country, we are regressing in terms of steps towards equality. Not only are neighborhoods segregated, as depicted by the darker/ dirtier conditions in the “black” neighborhood, but so are other social areas, such…[Read more]
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Alexis La replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 9 months ago
This photo was taken on February 14, 2015 by a photographer at Canadian Press. It depicts a woman holding a sign at the Vancouver’s Memorial March in honor of missing and murdered women. This is part of the MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) Movement. In Canada, there is an alarming number of women and girls that have been mi…[Read more]
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Alexis La joined the group Race, Space, and Segregation (Winter 2019) 5 years, 9 months ago