[Annabelle Martinez]

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 changed over the years but most of all how they have decreased in population. In the photo, is Aaron Carapella, who drew all the native tribes that were established in America before European colonists came. This was very important because it shows the drastic change that has occurred, history has only capitalized on the major events that affected these Native Tribes but comparing the presence of Native people then and now it is heartbreaking to realize that they have been bullied into these reservations and cornered to stay there. Not only that but the fact that this economy continues to exploit and discriminate against them taking away the rights they have over their indigenous lands.

link: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before

year: 2014

source: Aaron Carapella

title: Native American Nation: Our Own Names & Location

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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 the severity through filter news stories and label it as unalarming but the reality of it is that it is unsanitary and can cause health problems for children, youth, elders, and adults. I think the danger of clean resources such as water and air is downplayed because America is a first world country that should not be “struggling” to give access to filtered water. But the reality is that many comments like this come from communities found in higher-socioeconomic areas and are unaware of the disadvantages people of color and those in low-income areas face every day. The photo shows a tangible representation of the results that low-income communities face because of the misrepresentation that is produced in the media and political conversations.

Source: CBS News

Date: April 2014

Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flint-water-crisis-lower-fertility-rates-increased-fetal-death-rates/

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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 only switched the conversation from Hurricane Maria and Irma to how controversial and insincere the president was. When I chose this photo, it was because it shows how important media is. It shows and reminds people what is happening to those left to recover by themselves. This photo shows the true meaning of trying to survive in an unstable environment. People are left without power, clean water, and homes. Everything they built for themselves washed away by natural disasters. The misuse of media, I believe was on of the driving forces that has put a veil on the people of Puerto Rico and has pushed them away to be forgotten. It is difficult to admit that once cameras, photos are not covering this event people forget about them as if the worst was over. It is unfair and unjust for people that are American to be left to solve their own problem because in some way their geographic location argues that they are not American.

source: http://www.wlrn.org/post/admiral-puerto-rico-damage-devastating-coast-guard-continuous-sprint

Photographer: Carl Juste

Date: September 21, 2017

 

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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 a very well known and congested freeway, the 170. This was one of the most meaningful connection I had to the text because we were expected to participate in physical education in 90 plus degree heat and next to a high way commonly used by diesel trailer trucks. The air was thick and it often smelled of fuel. Furthermore, have experienced seeing many schools located extremely close to busy freeways in Los Angeles. It was not until we read this article that I relived driving on these freeways through Los Angeles and the Valley that I was exposed to the truth of how much harm pollution can cause to students. In the Valley schools in predominately white neighborhoods are further away from highways than schools in low-wage minority communities. It was very important for me to share this photo because even though it was a very special day, it was also very noisy, there were honks, tire screeches and a lot of smog that to join our ceremony.

source: https://www.byrdmiddleschool.org/apps/albums/school/0/30362?uREC_ID=0&backTitle=&backLink=

year: 2012

taken by: unknown

title of album: Culmination 6-17-2012

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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 there will never be enough money or apologies to repay African Americans, Native American, or any other community that was targeted and harassed for so many years. The image was drawn by Jim Huber in 2003, which shows the difference in the linage of the settlers versus the lineage of a slave. African American still hold onto to the wrongs committed to their ancestors, and feel as they have gone through slavery as well. Which in many ways they have undergone derivatives of slavery whereas Whites see slavery in the past and think that society has moved on from what happened years ago. This speaks volume, there is an unwillingness to see both sides and try to make it right, many individuals think what happened in the past does not occur in the present, but the past is the foundation of our present and our future. The roots of slavery, racial discrimination are hard to over write, but it is even harder to live amongst people that believe these communities deserve no reparations.

Title: “On reparations for slavery”

Cartoonist: Jim Huber 1/19/2003

Link: http://www.conservativecartoons.com/cartoon.php?toon=293

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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 brown residents that were very poor and these were areas that were very geographically different than those white communities on other sides of the “lines” created by real estate boundaries. The violence and discrimination these folks experienced can be captured by this photo, there are poor maintained houses and apartment complexes that people are expected to live in. There is a dirt lot that gives every evidence that there once existed other buildings. The graffiti encourages the idea of it being a “gang” affiliated area, but many only see poor maintained communities and blame those living there instead of blaming the institution that pushed these people into these living circumstances.

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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 talking about George Lispitz piece, he talks about white imaginaries as a place where corporations and industries use land for wealth and take advantage that there are no authorities in some areas to get away with exploiting the land and the people living there. Lispitz also discusses the encouragement of privatization of of land in order to maximize property without thinking of the consequences to the environment but more to the inheritance of money instead of an inheritance to a healthy land. There are many connections that stem from the photo and this reading because there were many people that had their neighborhood and themselves exploited, they were put into danger and this water company would charge them money knowing very well that people were using water that was, in fact, killing them slowly. In order, to maintain income to the company, they put people in risk of health problems and death rather than losing money in the company to filter out these chemicals. There was no end to this craziness until Erin Brockovich stepped in and made a case for many people to be compensated and to uncover the truth of the company.

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