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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 9 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 5 years, 11 months ago
For this week’s photo share, I chose a group photo pf Myneca Ojo and her friends playing a round of golf at the Grandview Golf Club. What makes this picture particularly associated with this week’s topic is that the group of women had the police called on them for allegedly playing too slow. For reference, the golf club is in a largely white…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 7 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years ago
For this week’s topic I have chosen this picture as it shows the visible difference in the quality of water given to the people of Flint and of Detroit. The person holding the water samples is of Marc Edwards, a water scientist, who has whistle blown on other government failings of keeping the public water supply contamination free. I thought this…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 6 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years ago
For my picture, I chose an image of a household still affected one year after the devastation that hurricane Maria wrought in Puerto Rico. I thought this picture was very relevant to what we talked about in class of the lack of help that Puerto Rico received from the U.S when Maria initially struck and support from the government wained over time.…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 5 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years ago
For this week’s topic, I chose my image as it directly talks about the topic of zoning minority neighborhoods and of the construction of highways through neighborhoods that were there long before. For context, the article talks about a predominately black neighborhood in the city Corpus Christi, Texas, and of talks by the city to relocate and…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 4 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years ago
For this week I chose this picture as I thought it relates to the idea of reparations for African American families whose ancestors helped build the United States. This picture is from an article talking about why the idea of reparations to black families is an unmentionable topic in government policies and of how difficult it is to have a…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 3 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago
For this week I chose the picture of the Rayfield family leaving their home. The picture was taken in 1959 and occurred after their house had been bombed. The Rayfield family moved into a predominantly white neighborhood and were immediately met with protesters seeking to keep their neighborhood black free. 300 protesters met them when they first…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU replied to the topic Week 2 photo share in the forum Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago
This picture was taken on Alcatraz Island in 1969 by an Associated Press reporter (name not found). The picture depicts, John Trudell, a Native American activist overlooking the San Francisco Bay from a traditional Native American teepee. For context, it is around this time that the Alcatraz prison facility was closed down and Native Americans…[Read more]
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WESLEY WU joined the group Environmental Racism (Fall 2018) 6 years, 1 month ago