In this week’s photo share I have shared an image of an indigenous woman who is pregnant with her child. In this photo, we see a continuous cycle of water falling onto the earth and passing through her and her child and then going back into the sky to repeat itself. The purpose of this continuous cycle is to show that water is life, it is what…[Read more]

In this week’s photo share I have shared an image of an indigenous woman who is pregnant with her child. In this photo, we see a continuous cycle of water falling onto the earth and passing through her and her child and then going back into the sky to repeat itself. The purpose of this continuous cycle is to show that water is life, it is what…[Read more]

In this week’s photo share I decided to show a cartoon that exemplifies 1 of many obstacles women face in the workforce and in everyday life. In this image, you see that a woman is critiquing the idea of a man and stating that his strategy will not be successful in finding a solution which is categorized as threatening. The man responds by…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I choose an image from a scene in the film Straight Out of Compton. In this image you see a red bandana and a blood bandana, they each resemble the biggest gangs in LA, the crips and the bloods. These two gangs have been known to be extremely violent towards one another, in fact, because of their hatred it has led to…[Read more]

In this week’s photo share I decided to share an image from Netflix’s tv show Dear White People, the specific scene I wanted to highlight is when Reggie is faced with a gun pointed at him by a white police officer. The scene begins with a party event with singing and dancing, however, things escalated very quickly when a white male sings the N…[Read more]

For this week’s photos share, I wanted to highlight one of the topics we discussed in lecture on Friday, which was the use of the N word. In class, we raised the question of who is allowed to use this term and something that came up in this discussion was why do people of color continuously use this word. The reason being is that people of color…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I wanted to highlight one of the topics that we were discussing in class this past Friday, which was the model minority. In class we shared a discussion of the effects of the model minority and the biggest effect that stuck with me is that not only is this putting high expectations on the Asian American communities but…[Read more]

The image that I decided to share for this weeks photo share is an image drawn by James Spray. In this image, it depicts a little kid approaching the U.S border after what seems to be a long journey from their home country. The child is met by U.S solider fully equipped with the gear that is used during combat, in fact, they go as far as to point…[Read more]

The image that I decided to share for this week’s photo share is an image drawn by author Steven Singer. Singer is an author for the Huff Post and an educational advocate. In his image it demonstrates a hand that is at the center of all these stories. With each story we see that we are in different parts of the world for example, the US, Chile and…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I have decided to pick an image that was taken at a protest, that demonstrates a powerful sign. The sign states, “But why did you need not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6 but 7 cops there?”. This sign relates exactly to the idea of trespassing which is what we discussed in week nine. Similar to what was explained in…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share I decided to post a photo of an image that was taken in the midst of all the protesting for Standing Rock. This image was taken November 1, 2016 on highway 1806 in North Dakota. In the image you can see how there is two sides fighting here, those who are against the DAPL and those who are attempting to keep the…[Read more]

The photo I have chosen for this week is an image of prisoners from Redding, California who just finished their 24 hour shift fighting the endless California fires. This relates to this theme as we discuss the idea of surplus population has zero value to capitalism. In this image we see that this concept is true unless you are a prisoner, because…[Read more]

This weeks photo share is an image taken of a protestor one year after Katrina hit. She is carrying a sign that states, ” Stop Evicting Katrina Survivors” and the reason for this is because after Katrina hit people saw it as an opportunity to remove people of color from these communities and so called whitewash the neighborhoods. So rather than…[Read more]

The image I have chosen for this week’s photo share is a cartoon drawn by Gazette Roger in the year 2005. In the image you see an African American man standing in the midst of what you used to be a neighborhood and is now in ruins due to a disaster. As he’s standing in all the rubble he reads a book titled, “Fema’s Guide to Avoiding Disaster”,…[Read more]

I selected this cartoon as this week photo share as it connects directly to the reading, The Case for Reparations written by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The reason being is because in his reading he discusses both the poll tax and kleptocracy, these two concepts contribute to this very cartoon as the poll tax is just another obstacle that the government p…[Read more]

The picture I have chosen for this week’s photo share is a photo taken in the 1930’s by German official Nazi camera crew. In this photo we see large groups of people entering the ghettos specifically designed to keep minority groups like Jews in one area in order to keep the rest of the city pure German. Although in this weeks readings we’ve been…[Read more]

The picture I have chosen for this week’s photo share is a photo taken in the 1930’s by German official Nazi camera crew. In this photo we see large groups of people entering the ghettos specifically designed to keep minority groups like Jews in one area in order to keep the rest of the city pure German. Although in this weeks readings we’ve been…[Read more]