SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY WORK
With issues of inequality and injustice remaining at the forefront of education and understanding in Hutchins, what I present here is a gathering of responses, essays, and works alike, capturing the perspective that I have had on the curricula I have gained. A small, yet meaningful, collection of some of the greatest issues that face society, as well as an acknowledgment to their presence in our society.
03 / 25 / 2019
'Walk A Mile In Their Shoes'
Responding to a work by Martin Luther King Jr., this piece addresses the mistreatment of the African American people in the past, and how the topic of discussion is still abundantly present in the present.
03 / 27 / 2019
'The (In)justice System'
Discussing the ways in which the prison system, and larger judicial system of America works, this work discusses the hierarchal set up within the judicial system and the oppression that is built within it.
02 / 24 / 2020
'Indignez-Vous Response'
Talking about Stéphen Hessel's work, Indignez-Vouz, this paper brings attention to the imbalances of wealth, education, and issues alike that will have to fall under the changes of our next generations... who will hopefully not make the same mistakes as us.
03 / 04 / 2020
'The Plight Involving Workers' Rights'
Mentioning various works from Karl Marx, Barbara Kopple, and Stéphen Hessel, this work advocates the congregation of the working class as a means to bettering the opportunities and livelihoods that they have thus far left in poverty, and abuse.
04 / 08 / 2020
'The Extortion of Man and its Contortion on Earth'
Discussing works by Seth Holmes, Karen Piper, and Michael Pollan, this piece tackles the ignorance of political leaders, the issues of global warming and overconsumption that come as a result, and the necessity for change that must be acknowledged by greater society.
03 / 04/ 2021
'The White Man's World (For The Taking)
Addressing a passage from James Baldwin's, The Fire Next Time, this work discusses his experiences with Christian Ideology in America, and its noticeable hypocrisy in comparison to the ways in which it brainwashes, and abuses, the Negro in society.
03 / 12 / 2021
'Destruction of the Negro'
Talking about Richard O'Moore's documentary, Take This Hammer, this work showcases James Baldwin's time, and talks, within San Francisco — bringing about a dire realization to the immense gentrification, and degradation that has befallen many minorities within the area.
04 / 09 / 2021
'Lack of Understanding'
Discussing Raoul Peck's film, I Am Not Your Negro, and talking about the likes of activists such as Medgar Evers, MLK Jr. and Malcolm X, the film and this work is centered around the binary contrasts of society experienced by African Americans relative to their white counterparts.