For this week’s topic, I am looking at the song “Don’t Shoot” which is performed by The Game and includes many other famous musical artists like 2 Chainz and Rick Ross. The message behind this song directly relates to the title, as it was written as a response to the horrific shooting that occurred in Ferguson that resulted in the murder of…[Read more]

This is a photograph of a group of women who were asked to leave a golf course in Pennsylvania last year. Police were called on a group of African American women playing golf after the owners of the course complained that they were not playing quickly enough. The owners of the gold course were white men and they asked the women to leave multiple…[Read more]

This is a photo of some of the national park land in Alaska. There is a current debate going on about whether this land should be given back to Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans. Some are arguing against this idea, as they claim that it would do more harm and benefit less individuals. However, this fails to recognize how this land, and national parks…[Read more]

This is a photograph of Alice Marie Johnson and Kim Kardashian. Alice Marie Johnson is a 63 year old African American women who spent the past 22 years in prison for charges of money-laundering and drugs. She served these 22 years in prison, which was initially a life sentence (with no possibility of parole), before Kardashian involved herself in…[Read more]

This is a photo from a video that depicts police officers in Chicago using an unnecessary and cruel amount of physical force against an African American female student at Marshall High School. While the details of the situation aren’t clear, we can be assured that officers using a taser and punching a minor student is completely across the line.…[Read more]

This is a photo that encapsulates how engrained segregation was in society back in the 1950’s. This photo is from 1956 and is situated in Alabama. While from afar, one might not notice the signs that are hung from the ceiling of the restaurant, after taking a closer look, you can notice the signs that are designed to separate individuals based on…[Read more]

This photo documents the environment that Dorothy Counts encountered on her first day at Harry Harding High School in 1957. This photo is significant as she was one of the only African American students to be allowed entrance into a previously only white school in an attempt to desegregate schools. Unfortunately, however, the school environment…[Read more]

I chose this image as I feel it relates to the structural racial divides of our nation. This photo is one of the many heartbreaking images that documents the cruel treatment that transpired at the US border this past year. It connects to the idea of race and space as it reflects how this country’s administration can often overlook the humanity o…[Read more]