Throughout the nearly two years that this pandemic has taken place, it has become very clear that wearing masks has been life-saving. If we all wear our masks correctly, we can end this pandemic.
The subject looks strongly straight at the viewer as if to say “You can do this too.”
“We made this film to show how racist comments can harm people.”
“This piece is about women’s reproductive rights. The tattoos represent the choice she can make about her body and life. She can choose a tattoo but may not have choices about her uterus.”
“Our submission brings justice to the kids and teens of color who get kidnapped or taken everyday; no one ever speaks about them, and they rarely receive any news coverage. Furthermore, if they were white, then way more people would have heard about them.”
“In my essay I discuss the discrimination my family and I have faced as Asian Americans. Growing up in a rural city I faced many racial injustices starting in kindergarten. I then learned my father went through the same problems when he arrived in California at 10 years old from the Philippines. I chose this category to bring the discussion of Asian hate to light. I feel that many Asian Americans’ stories are silenced and dismissed in American history.”
My artwork shows the struggles of a migrant worker carrying the Earth on his back. As he walks the rain clouds water and fill the rows of soil with fruits and vegetables. The migrant worker carrying the Earth on his back resembles the hard work they push themselves to do everyday to make a living but they also play a role in keeping families fed with the food they produce. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic they pushed themselves to work to support their families. The migrant workers are vital for human life for they produce the fruits and vegetables humans need to live. Most migrant workers are overlooked and are paid very low wages when they are contributing to the earth and the people in an impactful way.
“My entry is about the generational trauma black kids inherit and how the struggles of their ancestors affect them today. My painting depicts a black woman on the water which is a reference to the fact that most black people don’t know how to swim because their parents didn’t know how, as their ancestors were banned from public swimming pools because slave owners were afraid, they’d swim to escape slavery. Acknowledging the trauma inflicted onto black people because of how their ancestors were oppressed as well as attempting to provide hope and comfort in the message we shouldn’t let that define us is the main focus of my painting, and I hope it’s understood.”
My entry is about racism against people of color, what asians have to go through, and how non colored people have a better privilege than people of color.
The way my speech relates to what was asked, I wrote about the unfairness I encountered in my life, the discrimination and stereotypes I’ve been put in, and the injustice. I wrote about how many infortunate events have blocked me from getting to my full potential. I find myself being afraid to go out and play in my community and always looking behind our car wondering if the policeman was going to stop my family or if I see a policeman, it makes me feel anxious, uncomfortable, nervous. , and unsafe.
I chose this because my grandpas are farmers