The image I chose for week 9’s topic for Standing Rock and #NoDAPL describes how the different interpretation of the meaning “water is life”. Before discussing this topic in class, the meaning of water to me is an essential necessity for life (without it we die and everything around us needs water in order to survive). But after the discussion in…[Read more]

As we talked about this week’s topic, Black Lives Matter, reminded me of the protest that happened a couple of years ago. The protest was a bunch of people who were protesting on the freeway in Oakland. I remember it being on the news because they cause a disruption. This relates to the discussion on the effect of social media causing a negative…[Read more]

When I attended San Francisco State University for a semester, I remember seeing a small hunger strike happening on campus with a big sign saying Ethnic Studies. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to the protest when I walked across the campus but now looking back, I understand why they were protesting. This week, we focused on the topic, T…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share, I want to share a picture of my favorite artist Beyonce! Before we talked about this weeks topic, I looked up to her because she was someone who embraced women empowerment. I listen to her when I feel sad or need encouragement to remind me of that I am beautiful, strong and independent. I’ve been to two of her concerts…[Read more]

For this week’s weekly photo share, I am sharing a picture of the free breakfast program that the Black Panther Party provided. First, I want to mention that growing up in the San Francisco and Oakland, I thought I knew the history behind my community. But learning about how the Black Panther Party began in Oakland was something new that I…[Read more]

The theme for this week is Beyond the Civil Rights Movement and the picture I decided to post is a collided picture of James Baldwin, Martin Luter King, and Malcolm X smiling. I found this picture on Blog #42, the article was posted on April 13, 2015. I think this was a heavy topic and we needed to be reminded of some positivity. I did not kno…[Read more]

I decided to pick this picture because it demonstrates the severity of segregation in which was a big discussion topic this week in class as we learned about the civil rights movement. In this picture, four black men went inside an all-white restaurant to fight against segregation knowing that they were not going to be served. They were…[Read more]