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Collected Item: “Pandemic Street Art: collab by Menace and Resa”

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Pandemic Street Art: collab by Menace and Resa

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

text story, screenshot from Instagram

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.

These are screenshots of the Instagram account that represents collaborative artwork by muralists Menace and Resa. The "UNITY" mural is in South Central Los Angeles, California and was done "in response to pandemic fueled anti-Asian hate crimes." The "More Justice, More Peace" mural is in Brooklyn, New York and memorializes Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. in celebration of Juneteenth.

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, pandemic street art, unity, #menaceresa, mural, spray paint, AAPI, BLM, Malcolm X, MLK, graffiti

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

@MenaceResa

Give this story a date.

2020-06-19
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