[Helen Castellon]

<p style=”text-align: right;”>This week’s topic related to the concept of “white feminism”, in which white stars push for a very superficial kind of feminism and get praised. While marginalized women’s efforts are widely ignored. This occurrence is seen in many instances, such as: POC women being discredited in civil rights movements, POC women being discredited in the Femenist movement, and POC women being discredited in the #MeToo movement.</p>
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[Helen Castellon]

I ran across this photo on my twitter feed, so I am unaware of a specific source. Otherwise this is a photograph of three young men holding t-shirts saying “All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter”. This really resonates with me; I personally believe that the BLM group gets constantly mislabeled as discriminatory only because lack of understanding of the group’s goals by others. While it is true that each life holds the same value, at this point in time in America, Black and Brown lives are disproportionately disregarded. POC communities constantly face institutionalized racism and discrimination. Police forces target POC communities and infamously kill unarmed Black and Brown peoples. I again reiterate the point that every life “matters”, but until every life gets the same and equal opportunities to live as each other, we will have to amplify the needs of marginalized groups in order to produce a more perfect society.

Picture Source: Twitter// (@blackoutconnect)

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[Helen Castellon]

This week I chose a photo from the Mexican Student Massacre on October 2, 1968. As student protests erupted throughout the world, students of UNAM rose against the PRI regime in solidarity with low-paid workers. Though the students attempted a peaceful demonstration, the protest erupted, thousands were arrested and some students were murdered by police forces. The ordeal brought greater civil liberties to Mexican citizens. (Sorry for late submission I forgot to press submit.)

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This week I chose to spotlight rapper Kendrick Lamar. In my opinion, one of the most efficient ways of protest is through art and media. Through music, a message is able to be spread to audiences that not might be aware of social issues otherwise. Kendrick Lamar has been speaking about racial issues he has experienced growing up in LA as a Black male. As Lamar brings awareness to racial discrimination, he also sends the message to praise and love themselves despite the institutionalized racism in America.

Picture Source: Huff Post

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This week I decided to focus on Maya Angelou. I believe she is a great example when it comes to looking at the different layers of issues she advocated for. She had been abused as a child and went mute for a few years of her life, then she discovered her love for reading and listening. As she grew older she graduated school and had a child. She had close relationships with James Baldwin, Malcolm X, and MLK Jr. James Baldwin is credited for pushing towards publishing her work. Through her work Angelou talks about issues she had faced in her life .Writing multiple autobiographies, Angelou paints a picture of what the life of a Black woman in America, especially during the unruly civil rights movement era. Her work is especially important as it presents an alternative form of political protest. Angelou faced many different layers of discrimination making her life a perfect example to examine in terms of intersectionalities.

Picture Source: PBS

https://www.tpt.org/maya-angelou-american-masters/video/american-masters-explore-friendship-between-maya-angelou-and-malcolm-x/

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The photograph I have chosen is one of a civil rights protest. From my perspective, the image resonates with the sentiments of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. when they spoke about the Vietnam war.  Marginalized groups were being conscripted and forced to die for “democracy” in another country, all while in America many of these soldiers did not have equal rights and protection.  This picture transgresses its own era and can also be used to exemplify modern racial tensions when it comes to our immigration and refugee policies, as many refugee groups are being inaccurately portrayed in false light.

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