The picture I chose for this week’s photo share is from Childish Gambino’s music video for his song “This is America”. The song/video contains a multitude of hidden messages about the state of America today discussing media, racism, gun violence, etc. The photo I chose depicts Childish Gambino in a position that has been noted to share…[Read more]

The photo I chose this week is of “Dog Park Debbie”, just another white woman policing a public space and calling the police on a Balck man. “Debbie” called the police on Franklin Baxley in a Massachusetts dog park this past Wednesday because his dog reported humped her dog. While on the phone with the police, she reported that Baxley verbally…[Read more]

This image depicts an explosion near Yellowstone National Park and an oil spill in Yellowstone River. I chose this picture because it perfectly epitomizes the contradictory actions of the United States when it comes to the use of such “protected” lands. In 2011, 63,000 gallons of oil was spilled into the Yellowstone River and people had to be…[Read more]

Depicted below is Jasmine Richards, an activist in the Black Lives Matter movement, who was convicted of felony lynching after trying to assist a young woman who was being roughly arrested by the police. The irony behind this situation is that Richards was literally fighting the injustices in the system, including false convictions and mass…[Read more]

This photo depicts Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to integrate an elementary school in the South. The picture on the left depicts Ruby at age 6, the one on the right depicts her alive and well today, over 50 years later. I chose this image because of the conversations we had in class this week about the disconnect between what we…[Read more]

Los Angeles County, one of the biggest metropolitan areas in the country, has a great history of segregation. Starting in the 1960s, segregation began to weaken and Blacks began to move out of the poorest housing locations in LA, to other areas in South LA, Inglewood, Carson, Compton, and Gardena. However, over the last 50 years LA has remained…[Read more]

This photo is from the inaugural speech of Alabama governor George C Wallace on January 14th, 1967. In this infamous speech, Wallace states, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever,” and this line followed his legacy even til this day. This speech was given in 1967, years after many anti-discriminatory laws/cases were…[Read more]

This image has been used in various history textbooks across the country, and I have seen and studied it multiple times throughout my K-12 schooling. Upon thinking of this week’s discussion of race and space, this was one of the first images that came to mind. The image depicts what seems to be an angel leading westward expansion with settlers on…[Read more]