"At the Time of the Louisville Flood"
seems like it is trying to convey the hypocrisy of the message on the wall. The
Great Flood of 1937 left thousands homeless with nowhere to go. Even during
such devastating circumstances, because of the time period, African Americans
were still treated as second hand citizens. When seventy percent of Louisville
was under water, Mother Nature did not take race into consideration when it
came to who would survive and who wouldn’t. Unfortunately the emergency
response did which left African Americans waiting in obscenely long lines just
to have a meal. So I am assuming that the message in this picture is trying to
point out that the media was depicting a false image of America.
I think the second image is showing the
progression of America in a similar situation from one era to another. Milvertha
Hendricks is clearly an African American wrapped in an American flag blanket.
This proves that blacks were given aid in the relief acts as compared to the
first image of them waiting in lines to receive help. I believe the claim in
this picture is pretty straight forward, pointing out that times have changed
and when it comes to saving lives race is no longer an issue.
Avery, I took pretty much the same concept out of the first picture. Obviously America is not always the highest standard of living. Some people are granted certain privileges before others even though a natural disaster affects everyone in the same way. Some people were treated better than others and that should not have happened. Mother Nature is not choosing the life it ruins by someone’s race, it just kind of happens. All people should be treated fairly after a natural disaster. You pulled something out of the second picture that I did not but I agree completely. Times have changed and majorities of the time, all races are treated equally.
ReplyDelete-Kathleen