I chose this image and this meme for several reasons as my last photo share. First, it really speaks to the undereducation and the arrogance that society faces. We are drowning in economic, social, and environmental problems and they are simply being ignored. We talked about the fear of the apocalypse and the end of times but in reality, we are…[Read more]

Although this image is a lighthearted comic it does speak an important message. In our male-dominated society men often see women as an object of sexual pleasure rather than as a being with feelings and emotions. It truly is sad that man men are raised to see women in such a way and that some women are raised to view themselves in this way as…[Read more]

I shared this photo of officer Natalie Corona who was shot and killed in January of this year for this week for several reasons. After doing some research I learned that at UC Davis many students view this photo of the fallen officer as racist and that the “Blue Lives Matter” movement is similar to the All Lives Matter statement but this really…[Read more]

I chose this image because in Arizona a house bill was passed back in 2010 that outlawed certain Mexican-American studies in the curriculum. Many more conservative people in the area felt that the new curriculum was teaching students to resent white people and to adopt left-wing ideals. The Arizona legislature passed HB 2281 — a law banning c…[Read more]

I chose this photo accompanied by this quote for several reasons. I initially saw the quote and I believe that it is a very true statement. Hip hop is and was a very strong political force and should be used wisely. In class, we talked about how there are different types of hip hop artists and how some seem to portray the wrong message. Messages…[Read more]

This week I shared a link to the music video “Kenji” by the group Fort Minor. The song and music video talks about the era of Japanese internment and the atrocities that were inflicted upon Japanese Americans. In the song, the narrator talks about the family being forcibly taken from their home and forced to travel to a…[Read more]

I chose this image because it speaks to the ideology of all the three men that we discussed this last week. Although Mark Levy is a white man he speaks of the continuation of the civil rights movement. Today in our schools the civil rights movement is taught through an outdated and white supremacist lens. More radical thinkers like Malcolm X are…[Read more]