The image I chose for this week’s photo share is of a poster commonly used for LGBT protests. The poster captures what I think is the most important part of discussion on rights for LGBT couples, which is that no matter what you identify as you are still human at the end of the day. I think this is what people fail to consider when they are…[Read more]

The image I picked for this week’s photo share is of a group of demonstrators surrounding a van in an attempt to stop ICE from taking away Samuel Oliver- Bruno. Samuel Oliver- Bruno is a 47 year old undocumented immigrant who has been taking sanctuary at a church in North Carolina. Last Friday while heading to a meeting with the US Immigration…[Read more]

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/07/30/undocumented-immigrant-is-a-made-up-term-that-ignores-the-law/

Recently illegality is the term used by the media when describing undocumented immigrants. The term illegality links a negative connotation to anyone who come to this country no matter what their intent is. The photo I chose this week,…[Read more]

Source: https://medium.com/energy-convertors/america-allows-their-islamophobia-to-control-their-perception-of-muslims-b41dbd75e8c3

This image, by Edrees Saied, shows a symbolic cartoon of what happens to Muslims when they are on the news. The media has normalized this horrific trend of associated Muslims and Islam with violence and terrorism.…[Read more]

Source: https://allthatsinteresting.com/manzanar-relocation-center#1

The theme in class this week was the inequality and unfairness Japanese American faced post world war 2. This photo, taken by Eliot Elisofon for the LIFE Picture Collection on March 21, 1942, shows the first group of Japanese Americans arriving to Manzanar internment camp with…[Read more]

Source: https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news-photo/paintings-of-james-baldwin-malcolm-x-and-dr-martin-luther-news-photo/136081534

This week’s theme focused on James Baldwin and Malcolm X. This photo taken by Matt McClain for the Washington Post via Getty Images shows paintings done of James Baldwin, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…[Read more]

This week’s theme focused on Martin Luther King’s approach to the civil rights movement. This photo, from the Newsweek, shows John Lewis, a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, being beaten by state troopers, who were trying to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Alabama on March 7th, 1965. This photo connects dir…[Read more]

This week’s main theme for the class centers around the theme of civil rights in today’s society. This picture, taken by Noah Berger/ Reuters, shows an 8-year-old boy, Kaden Pagani, marching during a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland, California, on July 21. This photo, in particular, is relevant to the theme of this week because it con…[Read more]