For this weeks photo share I felt that Kendrick Lamar’s song “The Blacker the Berry” was the most appropriate. This album, To Pimp A Butterfly, was one of the most thought-provoking lyrical representations which highlighted the struggles and and institutionalized racism that Black communities face, at the same time highlighting hypocritical…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I thought it would be interesting to understand the role of a 911 dispatcher and even the police in regards to the issue of white space. While searching for a photo for this weeks photo share I came across an article from Vox, “I used to be a 911 Dispatcher, I had to respond to racist calls everyday.” By Rachel Herron.…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share I wanted to share an image of the workforce that the National Parks Service had in 2015 from an article from High Country News. We discussed this past week about the lack of racial diversity in the visitors to national parks and we also discussed the diversity or well the lack thereof of the workers of national parks.…[Read more]

For this weeks photo share I decided to share a picture of a protest about mass incarceration. The sign, held on each side by Black folks states, “Mass Incarceration + Silence = Genocide” which I felt was an extremely moving statement about the status of many Black Americans today. The article which had this photo covered that 1 in 30 Black males…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I decided to share a photo from Bedford Academy High School in Brooklyn to show that segregation, although may in the legal sense be ended due to Brown v. Board, is still prominent in our society due to institutionalized practices. This particular photo is from USA today, the article cites a UCLA study which confirms…[Read more]

For this weeks discussion I chose to provide a picture of students entering a “free school” in 1963. This is after a county in Virginia voted to close down all the schools in the district rather than integrate. I felt that this was a photo which truly provided the epitome of segregation within our society and in the height of the Jim Crow Era,…[Read more]

For this week’s discussion I chose a photo of a man waiting for transportation through the Carolina Coach Company in the designated colored section. Behind him stand others who are African American but no one who is white. This photo reflects in the most blatant and visible form about what segregation is and how it used to be in the US. During…[Read more]

For this week’s photo share I decided to share a photo of a very famous movement of our time, Black Lives Matter. I felt that this was a moving and relevant piece to this theme because it shows the amount of struggle and change still needed in our society in order to create equality. It also addresses the issues of institutionalized racism in our…[Read more]

For this weeks theme I have chosen a picture of Andrew Young, someone I consider to have been a force and leader for the civil rights movement. In this photo that I chose, Young is sitting next to King, I chose this for the reason that the civil rights movement for equality among races has had many leaders, although King remains the face of the…[Read more]