America 2015 What has changed? What hasn't?
Please follow the Courageous Conversations protocol as you frame your response. Speak from personal experience only. Isolate race.
Analyze the April 30, 2015, Time Magazine cover. Describe what you see, being sure to include specific detail. What story do you believe the photographer, Devin Allen is trying to tell through this photograph? Is there a 'stock story' about race in America present in this image? Is there a 'hidden story' about race in America present in this image? Do a bit of historical research. What connections do you think the editors of Time Magazine want viewers to make between 1968 and 2015? Why?
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The man in the front of the magazine seems to be running from all the cops behind him. There’s a riot going on and the man seems to be running from them. How he marked off 1968 and replaced it with 2015 shows that we are back to what once happened in 1968 is also happening today.
The cover of the magazine shows a black man being chased by what looks to be close to 100 police officers. This looks to be some sort of riot, to me it seems silly that they would need this much law enforcement to chase down one man. The crossing out of 1968 and changing it to 2015, shows how this issue has been around a lot longer than just the current time, and this isn't the first time we've felt with something like this before.