tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22199503732629841922011-04-21T14:25:38.165-07:00A blog highlighting social justice issues, in link to the foto.synthesis film showcase, taking place on the University of Arizona campus in Spring 2009. Comment to your hearts content on the questions listed! Visit the website at: www.u.arizona.edu/~ksadfoto.synthesis, a social justice film showcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12637446613386950272noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219950373262984192.post-17832613961851127602008-11-06T12:28:00.002-07:002008-11-09T16:14:49.736-07:00Alright my people.  This blog is going to complement the one on my url:<div><br /></div><div>www.u.arizona.edu/~ksad</div><div><br /></div><div>So visit it please!</div><div><br /></div><div>We will be chatting about several issues dealing with social justice, including... the election!</div><div><br /></div><div>Following the election results, announcing Barack Obama as the winner, my school (the U of A) paper ran a cartoon written in early October with the n-word in it, referring to Obama.</div><div><br /></div><div>While it carried a different meaning when first published (talking about bias and whether is it conscious or not, and what we can do to combat these judgments- though, quite honestly this is a it of a stretch, and I do not know if the use of the word can be condoned even in this context), the meaning following election night was significantly more heinous and derogatory, given that the campaign no longer had any significance what-so-ever.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a url to the cartoon:</div><div>www.politicker.com/newspaper-apologizes-comic-strip-featuring-racial-slur</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways, let me know what you think- my school is the U of Arizona, and not Montclarion, and the cartoon was printed well after controversies at other universities had already taken place about the cartoon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why, and what weight does this cartoon carry?</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2219950373262984192-1783261396185112760?l=fotosynthesisfilmshowcase.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>foto.synthesis, a social justice film showcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12637446613386950272noreply@blogger.com0