For this weeks lyrical share, I decided to share a part of YG and G-Eazy’s song, “Endless Summer Freestyle”.
“All these blacks gettin’ killed, my n**ga
Please tell me how these white folks feel, my n**ga
Cops killin’ black kids and get off scot-free
What’s the difference, what would happen if a cop shot me?
White privilege is real, black lives m…[Read more]

One of the topics of white space that we discussed in class is the notion that the people who occupy “white space” or white privilege often don’t realize that they do have these certain privileges that other people do not. One blatant example of the use of white space was evident as recent as last week where “a Republican congressman [used] a…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share, I’m sharing this picture of a project done by Ben Wood and David Mark called: Indigenous Renewal: Alcatraz Occupation Remembrance + Ohlone Presence Celebrated. This was to bring awareness to the lack of representation for Native Americans in a country which was built on the lands of these natives. This movement wanted…[Read more]

This week we talked a lot about the problems within our prison system and the ineffectiveness of prison reform. One of the main things that we talked about was this concept of “out of sight, out of mind” where the prison system was structured so that it allowed for citizens to not think about prisoners or what they go through on a day to day basis…[Read more]

This graph was taken from vox.com in an article that talks about segregation getting worse within the school system in America. One of the landmark cases in United States history is that of Brown vs Board of Education. Within this case, it ruled that segregation in schools were illegal and that they should integrate people of color. This was…[Read more]

For this weeks continued conversation of segregation, I decided to share a photo of segregation that was as recently as the 2008 election. One of the biggest statements that was said when Obama won the election was that it showed racism ended in America. There was this notion that because we had the first black president, that this era of…[Read more]

Source: LA Johnson — https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/01/16/509325266/how-the-systemic-segregation-of-schools-is-maintained-by-individual-choices

One of the prevalent areas of segregation happens within the schooling system. What was a landmark decision in desegregating schools in 1954 has slowly, over the course of 60 years, reverted to a…[Read more]

Source: Metro New UK — article is in sbindependent.org: Here is Why Blackface is Racist by Giovanni Ortiz

Within these past two weeks we discussed many topics in regards to the idea of space and race and the privileges associated with them. One thing that resonated with me was the idea of white privilege and their inability to understand…[Read more]

In regards to this weeks theme of LGBTQIA, one of the main issues that we were faced with was that of two steps forward, one step back. With the administration that came into power in 2016, it certainly felt that way. Under the Obama administration, there was progressive movement in regards to gay rights and privileges such as gender neutral…[Read more]

The picture that I want to share for this weeks continued theme of undocumented immigrants is the prototypes of Trump’s wall. He used the fear of illegal aliens as propaganda within the 2016 election and was most notably known as the president who wanted to build a wall between Mexico and the United States. His presidential run truly showed the…[Read more]

The photograph that I chose for this weeks photo share is a picture of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that were at a rally outside of Trump Tower in 2017. It is very significant to me because as an undocumented immigrant myself, I feel as if a lot of the public’s idea of what a Dreamer is or an undocumented individual is geared towards…[Read more]

The theme of islamophobia resonated with me because it was a concept that persisted after 2001, but over the course of time, the concept of islamophobia was something that not a lot of people talked about because it became so ingrained in society that it was a normal thing to question a person wearing a hijab or anything that related to the…[Read more]

Within this weeks theme of Japanese Internment, one of the main concepts that came out of these discussions was unfair and unjust treatment. There was a huge fear of Japanese Americans, and people did not view them as American, but as Japanese. There was a sentiment that you couldn’t trust any Japanese people, regardless of citizenship, because…[Read more]

This photograph of a mural depicting Malcolm X, James Baldwin, and Nina Simone from the artist Ernest Shaw was taken by David Muse in 2015. One of the main pivotal aspects of James Baldwin’s fight for civil rights was his literature. It brought forth racial tensions that were happening throughout the United States and had an overarching theme of…[Read more]

One of mainstream media’s pivotal portrayals of Malcom X was this violent radical individual who wanted to dismantle a system of racism and oppression. As the article below stated – When Malcolm X was assassinated, many of the phrases used to describe him consisted of “extremist”, racist” and “demagogue”. While a lot of ideas were portrayed…[Read more]

The Good Old <b>Days</b>

Within this cartoon created by Matt Bors who is a cartoonist and editor in chief for The Nib, there is a animated version of Trump and a speech that he gave out at one of his rallies. In the background of Trump speaking, there are pictures of protests that happened during the fight for Civil Rights for African Americans…[Read more]