Ryanne Pitts’ Proposal

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It seems that our country is continually facing the issues and termoil between races. Among most recent events involving police brutality, our countries historical civil rights movements, and hundred of years of slavery, the feud between blacks and whites is by far the most prominent of problems. Where does all this hatred come from? We surely are not born with this perceptions and biases. They are formed by the ones who raise us, our peers, society, and the constant images and messages we are fed that fuel the rise of inequality. The recent BlackLivesMatter movement demonstrates how a group of people must stand up to the tensions and injustice in order to see change, especially in a country that is predominantly white. This movement is not to say that other lives do not matter, for America has shown which lives matter most. It is simply to make note that African American lives matter as well, and history shows that this has not been exhibited in our society. As a white woman myself, who is a mother of two bi-racial young boys, I have seen how treatment differs between the two races. I hope that my project will showcase a solution geared towards unity, compassion, and a future that embraces ethnicity, rather than it determine your position in society.

I plan to create an infographic, along with a remix that will encompass the current statistics of violence and inequalities among blacks and whites, and possible solutions. Positive imagery is very powerful, and negative ones are not always the best way to approach such a sensitive subject. However, it cannot go unnoticed.
I hope the information I present will resonate with our class.

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