Item
Graffitti on MBTA fence, Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Boston, MA
Title (Dublin Core)
Graffitti on MBTA fence, Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Boston, MA
Description (Dublin Core)
Poor people, Black people, and Latinx people are suffering and dying during the pandemic more than others. Most frontline workers in Jamaica Plain-- from the cashiers and stockers at Whole Foods and Stop & Shop grocery stores, to the pharmacy's staff, to the aids at Brookside Community Health and Spaulding Rehab, are mostly low wage workers, many of them immigrants and/or people of color. The pandemic is forcing people to address longstanding social inequities, and the White House is failing to gain any trust that it will help those suffering. As recently as the day before I'm writing this, Donald Trump was pushing for all states to begin re-opening businesses that are not necessary at this time, largely staffed by people who are financially and socially vulnerable. Someone is taking out their frustrations by graffito-ing walls around JP; this is but one sample.
03/22/2020; graffitti was painted over within a week of this picture being taken
Date (Dublin Core)
March 22, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Ashley Enochs
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Ashley Enochs
Type (Dublin Core)
Image
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Federal
English
Social Class
English
Protest
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Boston
Massachusetts
graffiti
injustice
class war
Collection (Dublin Core)
Social Justice
Latino(a/x) Voices
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/16/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/18/2020
12/17/2020
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/22/2020
Original Format (Omeka Classic)
Photograph
Accrual Method (Dublin Core)
4359