This week we discussed the right to marry, and the right to exist as it pertained to LGBTQIA rights.  When thinking of what image I would choose for this week’s topic, I recalled a post I screenshot of a  post I saw on tumblr, I believe was the platform, a few years ago.  I wasn’t able to find the actual post, but I was able to find a news ar…[Read more]

Earlier this year, a major uproar was afoot at the fact that children were being separated and detained from their parents who were jailed for entering the US illegally.  The UN even urged the US to stop doing so, on the basis that “Entering a country without the relevant papers should not be a criminal offense”, and that there is “nothing normal…[Read more]

This week, while browsing the internet for an image that appropriately fit this weeks theme, I decided to do a Google image search to help me find an image.  This led to my idea to compare supposed “interchangeable” word phrases of “illegal alien” and “undocumented immigrant”.  The idea to do so, came from our related in-class discussion on the i…[Read more]

The image below, is a photo of Congresswoman-Elect, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.  She, along with Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib, made history in this most recent midterm elections, as they became the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress.  The article in which this photo relates, linked below, deals with the issue of Islamophobia.  Congresswoman Om…[Read more]

This week’s discussion surrounded the topic of Japanese American “internment” camps.  The image that I chose, posted below, is an image taken of a news posting in San Francisco, CA during the 1940’s.  The post is titled in large letters “Instructions to all persons of Japanese Ancestry”.  This particular image stood out to me, as it reminded me of…[Read more]

This image is an artist rendition of James Baldwin accompanied by one of his famous quotes in prominent bold lettering.  The image relates to this past week’s class discussion regarding James Baldwin.  In our reading and subsequent discussion of, “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin, we were able to see some key messages that Baldwin had for h…[Read more]

In 1963, MLK wrote a piece which came to be known as “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which he wrote, regarding the “white moderate” which he considered to be the greatest obstacle in face of freedom”…[they] who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, ‘I…[Read more]

This photo is a still of from the music video for “This is America”, by artist Childish Gambino (link to official video cited below).  The photo shows Gambino posed as the character Jim Crow, which is the name that became synonymous with the practice of segregating African Americans in the US.  Gambino’s reference to Jim Crow illustrates a po…[Read more]