I chose this image for this week because it demonstrates how black people are treated when they occupy a white space. In Oakland, California, a white woman called the police on a black family who were barbequing at the park because they were not using the right type of grill. Cases, such as this, make us aware of how we treat people of color…[Read more]

I chose this image for this week’s photo share because it demonstrates what we have discussed in class, that the Dakota Pipeline contaminated water that was used by the Sioux Nation. This image depicts a young child holding a sign that reads, “I can live without oil. I cannot live without water.” This demonstrates the government’s lack of respect…[Read more]

I chose this image because it depicts African American citizens in city hall protesting “Flint Lives Matter.” I chose this image because it demonstrates that the citizens at Flint are considered “expendable.” As we have discussed in class, the lives of these people are not valued because they do not have any “value to capital.” Images, such as…[Read more]

I chose this image because I thought it reflects what we have discussed in class, that Puerto Ricans are not considered Americans, even though they are Americans. Puerto Rico was hit by an “unnatural natural disaster” because the lack of resources and aid that the U.S. neglected to provide for them. This hurricane was inevitable, but because of…[Read more]

The image I chose this week stood out to me because you can see children playing on swings, but the air around them is full of pollutants. This relates to what we have discussed this week, that schools are exposed to hazardous toxins, yet we have not done anything to solve this problem. We see that the schools are near freeways, filling the air…[Read more]

I chose this image for this week because it brings up a key topic that we have discussed in this class: reparations for the injustices African American people endured in the past. As depicted here, a cartoon drawn of mostly African Americans are holding a sign: “I.O.U.” as a call for reparations. As we have discussed in class and in the reading by…[Read more]

The photograph I chose for this week is by an unknown photographer and was taken in 1954. This photo relates to one of the “nonviolent” tactics, blockbusting, discussed in American Apartheid. The photo shows “Not for Sale” signs that realtors placed in front of homes in Teneck, New Jersey to scare white homeowners into selling their properties to…[Read more]

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The image I have chosen for this week’s photograph share, by Joe Brusky, depicts the Standing Rock Sioux tribe trying to defend their land from the oil pipeline that the North Dakota government built near their lands. This pipeline put their land at risk due to it contaminating their water and it also destroyed t…[Read more]