Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
Racial Stereotypes
12020-09-23T00:20:00-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942377842plain2020-09-23T00:20:10-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942Throughout the late 1930s and early 1940s, zoot suits garnered a racist reputation: affluent whites viewed anyone wearing them as street thugs, gang members, and juvenile delinquents, specifically targeting Latino youths in California known as “pachucos” with these stereotypes (Andrews, 2015).
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1media/Zoot Suit Aftermath_thumb.jpg2020-09-23T00:13:15-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942Teens in Zoot Suits5On the right, an image of a teenager in a zoot suit, circa 1943. On the left, a photograph of two zoot suit wearers post-riot, with their suits torn by rioters. SOURCE: Getty Images, 2015. Sourced from History.commedia/Zoot Suit Aftermath.jpgplain2020-09-23T15:14:48-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942