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Collected Item: “A Tale of Three Responses”

Give your story a title.

A Tale of Three Responses

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Screenshot of an Instagram meme

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

There seems to be three separate stories occurring in the world right now. America is currently trying to reopen across the various states, while also confronting its' systemic racial issues. This has generally created chaos across the board both locally and nationally. Europe, and large parts of the world, are trying to handle their own coronavirus issues and wondering what is happening in America. China is trying to alter the narrative on its handling of the coronavirus and probably grateful that the U.S. has provided a distraction.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#UnitedStates, #China, #Europe, #covid-19, #racialissues

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Instagram account @whitepeoplehumor created the meme, Joey Dorion took a screenshot

Give this story a date.

2020-05-31
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