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In 1942, shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, President Roosevelt issued Executive order 9066, which declared areas of the country military zones. This led to the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps. The U.S. War Relocation Authority hired photographer Dorothea Lange to document the relocation process in the Pacific Coast area.
Lange’s earlier work documenting displaced farm families and migrant workers during the Great Depression did not prepare her for the disturbing racial and civil rights issues raised by the Japanese internment. Lange quickly found herself at odds with her employer and her subjects’ persecutors, the United States government.
To capture the spirit of the camps, Lange created images that frequently juxtapose signs of human courage and dignity with physical evidence of the indignities of incarceration. Not surprisingly, many of Lange’s photographs were censored by the federal government, itself conflicted by the existence of the camps.
Over 100,000 Japanese American men, women, and children were relocated and detained at these camps. ( )… This internment is now recognized as a violation of their human and civil rights. In 1980, the US government officially apologized and reparations were paid to survivors.
The true impact of Lange’s work was not felt until 1972, when the Whitney Museum incorporated twenty-seven of her photographs into Executive Order 9066, an exhibit about the Japanese internment.
ASX Magazine
This, too, is what it means to be an American: to confront what we as a country did in the past. And to look carefully at slogans that promise to make America great again – because it is this past that is being held up as American greatness.
Frosty landscapes by Daniel Korden
Last night was a rare starry one here in northwest Sutherland….so I nipped out of the cottage around 11pm to see if I could snap the Milky Way. It’s there as the lighter patch in the middle of the pic, above the right hand chimney. The glow on the horizon is from a lighthouse over on the Isle of Lewis.
when u want to say something but everyones ignoring u
- Me: *picks up cat* Explain to me why you're so cute.
- Cat: :3
- Me: Interesting...
Where’s the lie?
tips to improve your tumblr experience
- don’t desperately try to aproach popular bloggers, befriend someone that’s reachable instead
- randomly send nice messages to people on your dash
- if you see a sad post on your dash, always ask the poster if they’re ok
- compliment others out of the blue
- blacklist anything that makes you uncomfortable
- unfollow blogs if you don’t like their posts anymore, even if they’re friends. they’ll understand.
- keep the fuck away from drama
- know that publicly voicing an opinion has consequences, if you’re not ready to deal with them, talk to mutuals/friends privately instead of making a post
- if you need attention, don’t reblog those askgames, send asks to people/friends instead (askgames are usually disappointing if you’re not a popular blog)
- blog for yourself, not your followers
- you can even install a thing that hides your follower count if you find yourself checking that number too often
- if you get hate, block them and delete it immediately. don’t read it and definitely don’t reread it and most definitely don’t beat yourself up about it
- keep your dash varied, even if your blog is focused on one thing. seeing something different on your dash every once in a while is refreshing.
- install a cute dashboard theme
- don’t believe everything you see or read
- have patience with others
why does “hate breeds hate” always mean “if you hate your oppressors, they will just hate you more” and not “if you hate and oppress people, they will start to hate you too”