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ASMA ABDI replied to the topic Week 8 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago
Hope everyone had a restful break. I found this weeks’ image in an article titled, “How Native Americans spend Thanksgiving: ‘This is a time that is a funeral for a lot of us.'” It’s an image taken 2016 of people protesting Standing Rock on a day we all have known as Thanksgiving. This image makes me sad because these people have been fighting and…[Read more]
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ASMA ABDI replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago
So this week I chose to share an image of real life superheroes and soldiers, inmates leaving prison to go fight wildfires. I found this in an article titled, “California Wildfires Have Been Fought By Prisoners Since World War II.” This illustrates inmates going out of bounds to work in which they are no longer treated as inmates but f…[Read more]
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ASMA ABDI replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago
<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The photo I chose for this week’s topic “segregation and its hazards” is one of a school bus driving through Barrio Logan in Southeast San Diego taken by Sam Hodgson. I found this image on </span><i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Voice of San Diego, </span></i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>their article titled [Read more]
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ASMA ABDI replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 2 months ago
The image I chose is of a house in Loma Atravesada, Dominica damaged by Hurricane Maria. I found this in an article, The Hidden Costs of Disaster: Displacement and it’s Crippling Effect that informed me about the economic loss which also is a social loss with “death. disease, and disrupted education.” This directly connects to what we learned a…[Read more]
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ASMA ABDI joined the group Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 2 months ago
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REES FREEMAN and ASMA ABDI are now friends 6 years, 5 months ago