In what ways does your chosen image express ideas about identity, culture and/or language?
The image that originates from a South African artist Anton kannemeyer
White people using their privilege against coloured people
coloured people who have been rejected due to the colour of their skin turn to drug use and violence
Forced into poverty
Trying to survive and help their own family
Discriminated all the time
Due to this, they are described as thugs and vultures, therefore, painting a scary and untrue image of what African Americans are.
Due to the colour of their skin, it has given them the identity of a thief
Police are killing more and more coloured people and only now it has been recognized ( and arresting)
They live under poverty and bad living condition which is
People being biased against the colour of their skin
“I just feel like we would’ve known more people in hell” paints a picture on how people portray African Americans and how they are always wrong and that they are always right and therefore go to hell.
The African Americans in this political cartoon are portrayed as very dark-skinned with big red lips which makes them look unhuman compared to the other couples in heaven along with them. In this cartoon, the text in it “ I just feel we’d know more people in hell”
Recent issues such as BLM where African Americans have been discriminated for doing their daily deeds
The artist really emphasised the big red lips which made them look like clowns
societies image of what African Americans are
George Floyd sparked a major outrage with Americans and other countries and that was when people started protesting for rights and against police enforcement
The image they look upset and angry due to the fact that there aren’t any people like them in heaven and the facts that in the back there are two couples who are white and seem to be very happy unlike them
this discrimination has been going on ever since anyone could remember and has been apart of history
society has painted a picture to everyone that African American are dangerous and many people are fearful of them but in reality, they are just like us inside and out no matter what colour or race they are we are all human.
Black faces and red-lipped
Africa American styled hair
Many African American shot killed for being wrongfully accused by mainly white police enforcement due to the initial fear of being hurt by an African American which is the bad mindset that has been emplaced in everyone’s minds of what African Americans are and that we should fear them but we shouldn’t.
