This week’s topic had me reflect on the history of colonization and how there were so many native tribes located in America that cultivated and protected the land. These people never exploited the environment they were in but believed in giving back to it. This topic had me really focus on the isolation of the reservations and how they have…[Read more]

This week photo forum I wanted to focus on a visual of the Flint water crisis. I think it is very easy for people to miss the importance of the necessity and access to clean resources. Showing the dirtiness of the water proves that the polluted water is not a hoax and is an imminent threat to people in the community of Flint. It is hard to see…[Read more]

These weeks readings made me realize how new channels, papers, blogs where quick to report on the tragedy going towards the Caribbeans but were not as ambitious to show the the destruction and reparations that Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic had to deal with once the storm was done. The drama created by the president of the United States…[Read more]

For this weeks reading of Docreta Taylor, I was able to relate to the statistics and description of how schools are affected by pollution. So for this weeks photo share I wanted to share something personal, I visited the online site of my middle school and selected a picture from the day of my culmination. My middle school is directly adjacent to…[Read more]

During this weeks reading it came to my attention that reparations now a days are seen as out dated because as a society we claim to be ‘woke’ and are trying our best to diminish racial discrimination. From this image it is easy to see how far the hurt and anger there is when it comes to slavery, and so there should be. I strongly believe that…[Read more]

This photo was posted by Paul who has a blog page: http://ghettoamerica.blogspot.com/, this photo is from New York communities either the Brooklyn or Queens. This photo spoke to me the most from his blog page because it really captures what ghetto have become. It reminds me of how Massey and Denton argued that ghettos were inhabited by Black and…[Read more]

In this photo, uploaded by g-pop.net, shows Erin Brockovich retrieving a sample of water from the water and power facilities in a small town that is exposed to toxins in the water they use to drink, shower, swim in and cook with. The exposure to these toxic wastes have caused cancer, miscarriages, and other effects on families living there.  When…[Read more]