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The warnings Orwell provides in 1984 about the future which have some representation today:

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The warnings Orwell provides in 1984 about the future which have some representation today:

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Surveillance of our everyday lives by many different sources as well as the discrimination of a certain class of people

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1st artifact: What Are You Looking At? Banksy Graffiti

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1st artifact: What Are You Looking At? Banksy Graffiti

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This is a photo of the famous Graffiti artist Banksy's work, "What Are You Looking At?" This was done in early 2004. This piece shows a security camera pointed at words graffiti-ed on the wall which say, "what are you looking at?" The words seem to echo the sentiments of all who find themselves under the eye of cameras even though they are productive citizens. This piece brings about the discussion about whether or not public surveillance is an effective measure to deter crime, or is just a violation of individual privacy. Banksy with this piece was trying to reach out to those who were worried about the potentially dangerous violations of public privacy after the events of 9/11.

This relates to the sentiment Orwell brings up in 1984 because it demonstrates how prevalent the issue of unwanted surveillance is in the modern day. Of course today surveillance is done to prevent terrorism, while in 1984, surveillance was done to prevent citizens from going against the government, through things like the thought police and telescreens.

Banksy's main point in this graffiti was to bring up the potential that deep surveillance on the general population could have in the future, which is that our right to privacy is taken away. This could snowball into several rights being taken away, like the right to protest. This relates to the warnings Orwell gives about government surveillance in 1984 with Winston being constantly afraid of the thought police and telescreens.

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2nd Artifact: Firefox ad campaign "Big Browser Is Watching"

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2nd Artifact: Firefox ad campaign "Big Browser Is Watching"

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This artifact is an advertisement which I stumbled upon on while browsing the website Tumblr. This advertisement is currently still running as of 6/12/17. This ad specifically targets people who think that data collection is unwarranted and unnecessary, and who want a browser which doesn't directly sell their cookie data. Firefox with this advertisement is trying to say that cookie data and data collection in general has some negative aspects to it, which mainly is the loss of privacy. Firefox saw that a lot of people dislike that google is freely distributing user data, (represented through the chrome-esc border around the camera in the advertisement) and wants to let it's users know as well as future users that they won't sell their data.

In 1984, Orwell warns us about the potential threats of government surveillance by using Winston's constant fears about being discovered by the Thought Police as well as being seen writing by the telescreens. Like the Thought Police and telescreens, google could collect data for government use, and can definitely sell your information to the government. People should be concerned about data collection because it may not seem like a big deal now, but once your data moves on from being almost strictly for corporate use to start being used to for the governments' use, things might start to drastically change.

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3rd Artifact: "Free The Robots" Music Video by hip-hop artist Capital STEEZ

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3rd Artifact: "Free The Robots" Music Video by hip-hop artist Capital STEEZ

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This artifact is a music video made by hip-hop artist Capital STEEZ, released September 11, 2011. STEEZ in this music video speaks to anyone who has suspicions about the U.S government. With this music video, STEEZ wanted to share his thoughts about politics and the way the African-american communities in rough neighborhoods are treated and seen by the government. STEEZ also explores the surveillance like features that the United States government takes on.

In 1984, the main group that gets marginalized throughout the book is the Proles. These people are not seen as human by the general population, and are discriminated against. The marginalized group which appears in this artifact is the poorer african-american communities throughout the United States. Throughout Free The Robots, Capital STEEZ mentions the unjust systems which are taking place in these poorer areas with examples of kids shooting each other in the streets, for example when he says, "So can I live, or is my brother tryin' to gun me down?" In Free The Robots, STEEZ also mentions the negligence which the US government has for these communities, for example when he says, "Cause, apocalypse is getting closer, but they're more focused on our lil youth sippin' soda, fuck the sugar act, niggas out pushin' crack, and I lost my father figure because of that." The relationship STEEZ describes here between the US government and the poorer african-american communities is very similar to the relationship between the Proles and Oceania's government in 1984, mainly because the Proles are written off as subhuman.

Relating to the topic of surveillance, fairly early in the song STEEZ says, "Illuminati tryin' to read my mind with an eagle eye." The illuminati is a reference to the pyramid on the one dollar bill. So the Illuminati (the government,) is trying to read his mind. In the music video there are the people on TV, which are in the public eye. TEL-I-VISION, TEL-EYE-VISION, think about it. This relates to the government of 1984, which attempts to control the thoughts of people through the language as well as the Thought Police.

All Americans should be aware of the negligence of these communities throughout the United States. Nothing is done to support these communities, or improve them in any way. This is concerning because as long as these stereotypes about african-americans, (which are brought about by these communities) are still around, race wars will continue to happen throughout the world and the United States.

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Capital STEEZ  - Free The Robots (Official Video)

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4th Artifact: LA Times Article about Amazon Echo's Data Collection 

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4th Artifact: LA Times Article about Amazon Echo's Data Collection 

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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-amazon-echo-surveillance-20170104-story.html

This artifact is a LA Times articles written by The Times Editorial Board, which was written on January 4th, 2017. This article was written to let people who have an Amazon Echo as well as people thinking about getting one what they could be potentially used for by the government. This article targets people who might be worried about their Echo's listening capabilities, and to let to those people know Amazon's take on it a little bit.

In 1984, Winston was always curious about the ways he was being spied on, whether it was through a co-worker who was part of the thought police, the telescreens, or other methods employed by Ingsoc. Citizens of today's time are now experiencing a similar experience, where the government is collecting data from us in various ways. For example in this artifact, where it talks about the newest way the government can obtain personal information about us; through the Amazon Echo.

Why should the average, every day person be worried about surveillance through the Amazon Echo? Well, the most obvious thing is that the right to your privacy is being snatched right from under you. Another thing about this surveillance technology is that it could possibly in the future be used in a court of law without context, which needs to be facilitated. Also, like the article says, "Without public pressure, however, the companies developing these devices could become partners with government in the creation of a de facto surveillance state." Companies could pair with the government in the future, limiting our privacy greatly.

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5th Artifact: Police Brutality Political Cartoon

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5th Artifact: Police Brutality Political Cartoon

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This artifact is a political cartoon drawn by Clay Jones on November 14th 2014. This cartoon was drawn in the context of the police brutality events in Cleveland in 2014, and serves to be a critique of the Cleveland police force. This cartoon was most likely aimed at people who were also critical of the Cleveland police force and of the police forces in general in the United States.

In 1984, the Proles were abused and oppressed by the government throughout the length of the book, and are often treated differently than regular citizens because of what they looked like. You can draw an equivalency here with the police officers of Cleveland, who most definitely make assumptions about the person they confronted based on their skin color.

We should as Americans be cautious about continuing to take on this mind set that the police are just doing their jobs. There this definitely a trend of a higher number of african-americans killed as opposed to whites and other races. Although there are groups like black-lives matter, the stereotypes about african-american citizens still exist today, and we should aim to get rid of them.