Photographer/Date of Image: Alex Milan Tracy / June 16, 2018

Source: https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/07/23/you-dont-want-second-best/anti-lgbt-discrimination-us-health-care

The image I chose was taken at a Trans Pride March in Portland, Oregon. Two men carried a sign that acknowledged the marriage equality law that made same-sex marriage legal.…[Read more]

This week I decided to choose a picture of Luis Mora, a UC Berkeley student who was arrested by Border Patrol at an immigration checkpoint in San Diego. Mora came to the U.S. on a visa, but he overstayed his visa, making him an undocumented immigrant. Mora, who was with his girlfriend, made a wrong turn in East San Diego on the way home, and they…[Read more]

In this week’s discussion on illegality, we talked at great length about how immigrants make up the blue-collar work force. They are the ones taking on the back-breaking, manual labor jobs. As suggested by the man in the image, immigrants take Americans’ jobs away. This is a common argument used to support strict immigration policies. So, if we…[Read more]

In this week’s discussion of illegality, it became incredibly important for me to understand why and how the term “illegal alien” became a part of everyday language in media. Although I still have trouble wrapping my head around why people use this term so nonchalantly, I do know that it has been structured through the legal frameworks of this…[Read more]

Source: https://hub.wsu.edu/law-justice-realtime/2015/12/17/islamophobia-the-stereotyping-and-prejudice-towards-muslims-since-911/

This image, taken from an article , Islamophobia: The Stereotyping and Prejudice Towards Muslims Since 9/11, written by Nicholas Brooklier from Washington State University, demonstrates how the War on Terror, along wi…[Read more]

This photo, courtesy of the National Japanese American Historical Society, demonstrates the racism and discrimination towards Japanese Americans who were essentially sent to concentration camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II. Several hundreds of thousands of people were incarcerated by force, as demanded by President…[Read more]

This picture shows the kind of relationship James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry had. The two were close friends and colleagues, who first met at the Actors’ Studio, where a workshop for the stage version of Baldwin’s <span class=”s1″><i>Giovanni’s Room</i></span> was being held. Hansberry, a playwright and writer, and Baldwin, knew of each o…[Read more]

This photo, taken from a scene from the Disney Marvel movie, Black Panther, represents the concepts discussed this week about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Both leaderscan be seen in the two main characters of a recent, popular movie. With the release of a movie that represents black people, in some way, it had to pay respect to the…[Read more]

This picture, taken by L.G. Patterson, features NFL players of the St. Louis Rams protesting police brutality in response to the shooting of Michael Brown. After the event involving Brown, a widespread gesture that was used including raising your arms in the “don’t shoot” position. This image showcases the idea that black men are unjus…[Read more]