Item
Old Paranoia
Title (Dublin Core)
Old Paranoia
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
The modern day photo, the one quivocating social distancing to Communism, I first stumbled upon on social media. The photo instantly made me think how paranoia has always played a part in the American attitude towards the government; Americans have always been quick to assume that the government isn't being straightforward with them and that there's a conspiracy afoot. That conclusion leads me to the second photo, taken in August of 1959 in Little Rock, Arkanasas, was the response to school integration that allowed African-Americans to go to formerly White-Only schools. As you can see, it's a mirror image of Americans forming conspiracy theories or general paranoia that is usually scapegoated onto Communism.
Two photos, one found at first online; however, I found both images I wanted at Snopes to fact check them.
Date (Dublin Core)
April 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Unknown
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Minh Yin
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
H396
Partner (Dublin Core)
University of San Francisco
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Snopes
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Protest
English
Pandemic Skeptics
English
Race & Ethnicity
English
Social Distance
English
Government Federal
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
communism
doubt
conspiracy
history
media
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
USF
H396
Collection (Dublin Core)
Social Justice
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/24/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/05/2021
Item sets
This item was submitted on August 24, 2020 by Minh Yin using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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