In reflection of this week’s theme, NDAPL, I sought to find a similar topic. What I found was a tribe in New Zealand who fought (and won) for the first river to be granted the same legal rights as a human. The Māori people have been working for the protection of the Whanganui River since 1873 because they see the river as “an indivisible and…[Read more]

In reflection of this week’s theme, NDAPL, I sought to find a similar topic. What I found was a tribe in New Zealand who fought (and won) for the first river to be granted the same legal rights as a human. The Māori people have been working for the protection of the Whanganui River since 1873 because they see the river as “an indivisible and…[Read more]

This week, I decided to include a photo and story that exemplified the intersectionality of women’s rights. An 11-year-old girl was raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend in Argentina, making her pregnant. However, she wasn’t able to get an abortion until the 23rd week of her pregnancy. Argentina’s law states that an abortion is legal only in the…[Read more]

After this week, I wanted to reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement by talking about the powerful music video “a lot” by 21 Savage, featuring J. Cole. The director of the video, Aisultan Seitovl, chose to show a big reunion of a family of color where happiness and laughter is present. However, the video also cuts to scenes in each of the…[Read more]

As we reviewed the importance of Ethnic Studies programs this week, I chose to talk about a group of students who are working to bring Ethnic Studies to their high school. Students in the Irvine School District are pushing to get courses in Asian American Studies due to the fact that more than 40% of Irvine’s population is Asian American. Students…[Read more]

Rather that attaching an image, these week I have attached a link to a video of Cardi B talking about the government shutdown. In case you are unaware, she is a rapper who has been in the limelight for a couple years now. Lately, she has been using her platform and social media to talk about politics. A lot of people have a problem with her giving…[Read more]

I have enclosed a picture of Fred Hampton, leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party. He was killed on December 4, 1969 by the police in a raid on his home in Chicago. Evidence now points to the FBI’s involvement in his death and the police’s covering up of the incident. The police had received information from an FBI informant close to Fred…[Read more]

This is a photo of a survivor, 12-year-old Sarah Jean Collins, of the 16th Street Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. Her sister, along with 3 other girls perished in the bombing. To me this photo and this event were significant in readjusting the lenses of the Civil Rights Movement. This senseless terrorist attack on a church…[Read more]

Time magazine describes this photo from the Vietnam War as, “Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches towards stricken comrade after a fierce firefight.” This photo resonated with me because of how it describes an argument in Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” He believes it doesn’t m…[Read more]