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In class, we spoke about how people of color can sometimes unknowingly maintain the white space. This picture is important because this society tries to pit people of color against each other especially by causing jealousy over having different job opportunities or different wages or by trying to compare their injustices. I think that statement is shown in the responses of non-Black people of<span class=”Apple-converted-space”>  </span>color to the Black Lives Matter movement. The article below describes how some Latinx communities can contribute to anti-Blackness especially when they say things such as “Black and brown lives matter” or “what about us.” There won’t be change in this society if people of color don’t support each other, but making the movement black and brown downplays or disregards the struggle of Black people and police brutality. The liberation of all people of color is tied to the injustices against Black people in America and sitting quietly instead of supporting Black people is weakening the movement that will eventually benefit us all.<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>

Photo by: Unknown

Source: https://highschool.latimes.com/garfield-senior-high-school/anti-blackness-in-the-latinx-community/

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This is a picture of the Sentinelese tribesmen who are defending their land from outsiders. The picture was taken after Indian officials attempted to recover the body of an American missionary who was supposedly killed by the tribe. He was supposedly killed after illegally entering their land to try and convert them to Christianity. It’s a sad and unfortunate thing that happened, but it could’ve been prevented if Americans knew to stay away from land and cultures that don’t belong to them. I also think it is ironic that this happened around the same time as Thanksgiving in which we should be reminded of the history of the land. It also ties into our discussion about Standing Rock where the tribe described themselves as “protectors” rather than protestors. The picture depicts this tribe simply protecting themselves from outsiders and potential diseases.

Photo by: Unknown

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46337353

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This picture perfectly demonstrates environmental racism found in the water situation in Flint, Michigan. Since Flint has a higher population of people of color and has a higher poverty level, the lack of government response proves environmental racism. The picture reminds me of what we learn about racism in the past in which there were separate things for white people and colored people. For example, separate schools and bathrooms and now, there’s separate water. The water would never get this dirty in a rich, white neighborhood which makes the situation really sad. Everyone should have the right to clean water, but the people in power aren’t acknowledging that right.

Photo by: M. Wuerker

Source: http://www.chroniclesofnonsense.com/2016/01/flintwatercrisis-and-blacklivesmatter.html

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Last week, two of our readings were about schools built near major high ways and streets and how it is affecting the kids’ health. I think this photo is interesting because you really get to see how close some schools are to major freeways. In one of the articles we read, it said that California made a law stating that schools cannot be built within 500 feet of freeways. However, the picture shows one of many public schools built in Southern California. I made a comment in class that I was confused what the article meant by “with some exceptions”, so I researched it. Schools cannot be built within 500 feet of freeways, unless the “district can mitigate the pollution or determines that space limitations are so severe there are no other options” (http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/24/local/me-freeways24). I find it interesting that the law left room for exceptions when it has proven to be a very big problem.<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>

Photo by: Stephon Litwinczuk

Source: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/02/17/20716/invisible-hazard-afflicting-thousands-schools

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Monetary reparations were given to Japanese Americans many, many years after the internment camps. But what reparations were given to other minority groups, specifically black people? It even goes way beyond slavery—it includes segregation, police brutality, unjust prosecution and more that black people need reparations for. I chose this photo because I think Kanye is one person that has enough power to actually make a change and it’s upsetting that instead of trying to make a change, he says stuff like “slavery was a choice.” I remember his song called “Jesus Walks” from 2004 where he states that “we at war with terrorism, racism.” In the song, he openly addressed the issue of racism, but now it seems like he could care less about the black community. I like this picture a lot because it mimics Nike’s Just Do It campaign with Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick is using his power to help make a change and fight for well-deserved reparations for black people and Kanye (who is way more powerful) is tweeting pictures of himself with a “MAGA” hat over and over again. Reparations are never going to be delivered when there are black celebrities like Kanye basically fighting the “Black Lives Matter” movement. I’m aware that Kanye did apologize for his comment, but it is hard to forgive because it seems like it set us back a few years.

Photographer: Unknown

Source: https://hiphollywood.com/2018/09/internet-trolls-kanye-with-fake-slavery-was-a-choice-ad/

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In class, we spoke a lot about how the creation of “the ghettos” was another form of segregation. In Massey and Denton’s “Construction of the Ghetto” article, we learned that ways of pushing people of color into the ghetto began very violently, but later became “less violent.” I think this photo is interesting because it shows the land of Hiroshima and Detroit around the same time. The author of the photo pointed out how in Hiroshima, the land was destroyed by a powerful, man-made weapon, but was rebuilt into something beautiful. Detroit was once beautiful, but was also destroyed by man rather than kept up due to selfishness. I also wanted to mention how “dangerous” people view places like Detroit. I remember when my brother first moved to Ann Arbor (45 minutes from Detroit), my mom kept insisting that he never go to Detroit because its “unsafe.”<span class=”Apple-converted-space”>  </span>But now that he moved to Florida, she can sleep better without worrying.<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>

(Author unknown-2015)

https://theuniversalspectator.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/new-deal-progressives-and-their-policies-created-the-nations-ghettos-decades-age/

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In class, we spoke about how there were many police officers at Black Lives Matter protests, but no police officers at the Women’s March. We also compared both protests to the story about the unfair treatment of the Mardi Gras Indian tribes. In the article by Lipsitz, the police described the Indian tribes as loud and not supposed to be on the property, but allowed the loud football fans to remain on the property. The picture relates to both the article and our in class discussion as there were many police officers at the Black Lives Matter protests. During the class discussion, someone mentioned that the police officers were really defensive, except they look pretty calm in this picture. Could their calmness be due to the fact that most of the people in the picture are white? It makes me wonder what this picture would look like (what the police would look like) if there were more black people in it. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/23/police-tear-gas-demonstrators-huge-anti-trump-protest-phoenix Web. 13 Oct 2018.<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>

 

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I found our discussion on Wednesday very interesting which is why I chose this picture. Sometimes the government doesn’t do enough to help its citizens, so who else is there to help? I think the wealthy, specifically celebrities, do have enough power to help make a change, but a lot of them don’t. This ties into a comment made by someone in class in which people (sometimes unconsciously) don’t pay much attention to what isn’t affecting them. The picture shows the size of Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston which can fit around 16,000 people in it. During Hurricane Harvey, lots of people were homeless, and Joel Osteen didn’t bother opening the church to the hurricane victims until after people started complaining. It’s especially sad when a rich celebrity like this is supposed to be spreading God’s word and love, yet didn’t do anything to help God’s people (pretty hypocritical to me). I lose a lot of respect for<span class=”Apple-converted-space”>  </span>celebrities who have the resources to help, but don’t.<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>

Picture by: Unknown

Source: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/blogs/joel-osteen-still-hasnt-offered-shelter-in-his-mega-church/85451892/

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