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Institutional and State-Sanctioned Risks

The United States has pride itself in their progressive turn to address racism, however, they have done so without directly addressing the root cause in fundamental issues of race, gender, and sexu

Politics of Hate in Southern California

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EthnoSketch: Competing Hegemonies

Ethnography, at its best, provides a powerful and efficient way to read historical conditions.

EthnoSketch: Peopling a Project

On the "peopling" sketch, "catalysts" are things (money, honorable reputation, etc) that enable that group of people to get what they want.

EthnoSketch: Historicizing a Project

This sketch should include at least ten events that had significance in the historical build up to your project space -- from your perspective, and from the perspective of people in your various “d

EthnoSketch: Mapping Subject Positions

In this sketch, compile statements made by a particular subject or type of subject you are studying.

Found image: 50 shades of Latinx

The United States adopted the term Latino in the 2000 U.S. Census. The term Latino means Latin and was created to refer to people who are from Latin America.

Created Image Artifact: Foregrounding technologies of control in Schools

Police in Government (1974) sought to teach black youths how to behave under the façade of U.S.

Created Image Artifact: Lynching of Mexicans in California

This image is was taken from Los Angeles Star, the first newspaper in Los Angeles, that covered the lynching of Pancho Daniel.

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See which N.J. roads have the worst traffic jams in the U.S.

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What vulnerabilities affect the community?

One of the main vulnerabilities that affect the community, is time and money. As the individuals have to wait for a long time, the report estimates that approximately 810,680 gallons of fuel is burned and wasted. This is a paramount issue with the rising cost of gas everyday. As many say, time is money. This relates to those stuck in these jams because these jams, along with large amounts of gas also wastes a lot of time. Motorists spend about 1.5 million hours annually sitting in traffic annually. In addition, $38 are wasted in those 1.5 million hours.