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Collected Item: “Is the United States Doing Ok?”

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Is the United States Doing Ok?

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.

This meme highlights a feeling that I, and many friends and colleagues, are going through: what the heck is the US doing right now? We seem to have given up on trying to handle coronavirus. While that is bad by itself, at the same time we also seem to be in the middle of a racial reckoning that is directly tied into the pandemic. Questions of healthcare, liberties, and the ability to peacefully gather are all coming to the forefront as the average citizen tries to make sense of this all.

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?

#HST, #ASU, #485, #coronavirus, #apocalypse, #perfect, #storm, #racial, #tensions

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

Instagram account @beepbeep.lechooga shared the meme, Joey Dorion took a screenshot

Give this story a date.

2020-06-08
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