Oppression And Racism In Trenton: A Short Story

I would of been furious with the city and the people but then at the same time I don't see how I can get mad at the people. Graffiti artists perform art too and something in the most beautiful ways. I'm not so sure if I would place a mural and knew it was going to be bothered by I would not do it because obviously certain people will have opinions and decide to graffiti over it making it look bad and making the city look bad as

First, I will start this paper with the definition of oppression given by Webster Dictionary and also by the social work dictionary. Then, we have that Webster Dictionary defines oppression such as "Unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power especially by the imposition of burdens; the condition of being weighed down; an act of pressing

This is proof that there is racial discrimination in law enforcement that affects police brutality. This also reinforces the culture of people of color being less human than white people, which takes its roots all the way back to slavery in America. When slavery was still prevalent in the United States, white people believed that black people(slaves), did not feel pain like they felt pain. After slavery was abolished, black people were still strongly regarded as inferior to white people and white people still saw them as wild creatures rather than human beings. White people saw themselves superior to every other race of people, so it was common for them to mistreat other races that weren’t white. This mindset is not as strong as it was in the past but, it is still strong enough to affect the choices police officers make during interactions with people of color. As a result of discrimination at the police level, many people have turned to court system’s to reach justice.

First, it is crucial to note that police brutality is not synonymous to racism against a particular group. However, there is a stigma that police often racially profile a specific African Americans. In February 2015, two cases of police brutality did not involve African Americans; instead the two victims were a Hispanic shot and killed in Washington State and an Indian-American severely paralyzed in Alabama. Even with this considered, of late, a majority of police brutality cases have involved minorities and specifically African American males. Cases such as Michael Brown and Freddie Gray have sparked a cultural uprising. These trigger event inspired the protests and riots against police brutality demonstrating collective action and physical violence, but the idea of police brutality is much larger than these individual cases, since it is a reoccurring cycle.

The Chesapeake area in the seventeenth century was a unique community that was almost absent of racism. In this community, at this time, property was the central and primary definition of one’s place in society. The color of one’s skin was not a fundamental factor in being a well respected and valued member of the community. Virginia’s Eastern Shore represented a very small fellowship of people that were not typical of the Southern ideals during this time period and gave free blacks owning property a great deal of respect and merit usually equal to that of any white man around.

All across the nation, in the news the black community has been making their voice heard, in regards to white police brutality, and murder against the unarmed black community. Many of these brutal attacks and flat out murders of unarmed black people haven’t been largely prosecuted, some officers have even been acquitted of any wrong doing or murder. This has led to outrage in the African American community at large. The shooting of an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown caused the racial strain in this country to break.

As an artist I would be devastated and furious to see my work of art vandalized by others who had no right. I would definitely take the action Romero took , he sued the Caltrans for covering over his mural without giving him a notice. The Caltrans spoke and said the restoration of the mural would be costly and taggers would still come back and vandalize it according to the article "End is near for some LA freeway murals due to graffiti." Romero, as well as other muralists have taken the action to sue in order to restore their destroyed murals. I believe it is the correct decision that an artist should make since their work of art is precious and should have been taken care of in the first

Speaking of police brutality, quite recently, there's been a case of the shooting of an Australian white woman in Minneapolis. There's been a great outcry at the difference of coverage based on this woman and many black men who faced similar fates at the hands of police officers. News outlets immediately picked at the fact that the officer who killed the woman was a Somali black man. Additionally, action was taken just days following the shooting: the police chief was forced to resign. Though this was incredibly unfortunate and absolutely should not have happened to this woman, the rapid pace at which consequences were given out differs from several recent police brutality cases of black men; some cases of which took months to force a police

The protest between Ferguson’s residents and the city’s government has really had a great impact on political views regarding whether racism between police officers and high officials still exist and its effects towards african americans.

Following the police shooting in Ferguson of Michael Brown, EJ brown was inspired to show “the contrast between the perception and reality of being an African American college graduate” (Neuendorf). African Americans are frequently portrayed and stereotyped as thugs and criminals irrespective of their true identities. EJ Brown was an educated black man who did not at all fit the stereotype that is so often shown in the media and wanted to bring light to the fact that most African Americans do not fit this stereotype and that they are so much more than what society sees them as. In these pictures, Brown took pictures of his African American friends in their college graduation gear, holding booking slates with their college majors on them. He was attempting to illustrate how society sees them as criminals and show who they truly are as college graduates with futures that do not involve any type of illegal activity. These pictures are so important for everyone who holds prejudices against African Americans purely based on their race because it has the potential to change their opinions for the better. Race is one of the most publicized areas of controversy and can be heavily based on stereotypes alone without evaluating other angles or digging for the truth. EJ Brown attempted to show the truth about how stereotypes about your race define who you truly are and there are so many people who do not fit the stereotypes that are so prevalent in today’s society. The artwork that he has created was absolutely effective in what he had set out to do because he changed the life of a young boy that now wants to go to college after seeing his pictures.

Okay, first of all, ... huh? Black Lives Matter being graffiti 'd on a Columbus statue? I guess something something white supremacy

What the Los Angeles respond was not so bad but they still had the right to protect his mural. But I agree and disagree with there respond. I disagree with it because they still had the right to protect it because it took him hard work to do it and . I also agree with there respond because they paid him to do it and know thats theres not his. He was paid to do it so he shouldn't worry about how they tagged over the

Maybe if the city of Los Angeles would have asked for permission the whole thing would have been taken differently and Romero would have agreed with the city and remove the mural or maybe relocate it. I don't think Romero got so angry because they removed the mural, but he got angry because they removed the mural without permission. The city could have avoided all this by just notifying Romero what they wanted to do with his

The article written by Kristin Quade Valdez interviewed many students at school that relate their artwork to the current events around them along with protest and rallies. I believe Kristin wrote this article for those who are in the Latino Community and this is another way of art is similar to a protest poster. The two articles are different because one speaks about the situation that only happen during the time in CharlottesVille and the other speaks about Latin American and Latino Art. The word protest relates to these articles is because art is another way to protest because it allows someone to express their

In the article of the week #4, the topic of racism is discussed. In a small town called Longtown in Ohio, race diversity has never been a problem. When racism was a big problem throughout the world, it was not a problem in this town. In the article, sources are stating that their childhood was “full of all colors”. I believe this is referring to how in this town, it did not matter what color you were, everyone was equal. This was very rare to have happen because years ago, racism was a huge problem. In most places, people of different colors could not go to the same school. For example, dark skinned people had to attend a separate school then people who were light skinned. In Longtown, they built one school of a high education for everyone