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Collected Item: “"I can't breathe"”

Give your story a title.

"I can't breathe"

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

Political Cartoon

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 political cartoon is a commentary on the rights people are willing to fight for. A lot of right wing people were willing to protest and fight against social-distance measures and masks. But not willing to fight for the right to live by minority communities.

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?

#ASU, #HST580, political-cartoon, BLM, MAGA, masks, #Socialjustice

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

Boston Globe, WEIANT

Give this story a date.

2020
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