The image I have chosen is one from a movement in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. One of the conversations that really struck me in class was the idea of written versus oral history and the “credibility” that exists in both. The fact that indigenous customs, culture, history, and knowledge constantly get ignored and brought into dispute bec…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The image I have chosen for this week is actually one published in one of my local newspapers in 2016. Every year as a school tradition, each person from the graduating class got to design a little ceramic tile that would be assembled into a mosaic representing the class. In each year previous, the tiles were solely…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The picture I have chosen for today is one of the San Francisco State University students protesting for their Ethnic Studies Department. The reason I find this picture so interesting is that as Bay area resident myself I had never heard of this protest. The fact that it has been so recent and such an influential…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>This week I have chosen to talk about Kanye West in the modern Hip Hop atmosphere. I momentarily hesitated when writing this, because of the grand intensity that is Kanye and whether or not I had the credentials to even begin this conversation. But he’s so intriguing to me I thought I would give it a shot. I think t…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>This week I have chosen a picture from a Black Lives Matter march that centered around the death of Eric Gardner due to unnecessary violence during an arrest. The Gardner case was made popular because of the phrase he repeated while being arrested. As at least four separate officers wrestled Gardner to the…[Read more]

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The image I have chosen for this week is a picture of Billie Holiday accompanied by the lyrics to the song written by Abel Meeropol “Strange Fruit<i>.”</i>  Though not typically considered a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit” is considered by some as the be…[Read more]