https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe How artists, musicians, and writers are creating change through activism en-us 2019-05-07 13:18:19 UTC 2019-05-13 15:16:24 UTC hello@padlet.com jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357606734 How can a work of art, music, or literature act promote social change?]]> 2019-05-07 13:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357606734 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357607249 The Crucible is an example of how literature can promote social change and an awareness of important issues facing society - in Arthur Miller's case - the persecution of innocent people. Like Miller did in this play, today's artists, musicians and writers can use their medium as a form of activism to bring about social change. Miller's play provided an artistic platform for an allegory of how society continually repeats persecuting marginalized groups. Even though The Crucible acts as a warning of the devastating results of this oppression, people are still mistreated today because they are marginalized. The art of the Black Lives Matter Movement today reveals the grim reality of the injustice that members of the black community experience in the United States, and it is an important medium for social activism.  ]]> 2019-05-07 13:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357607249 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357615323 2019-05-07 13:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357615323 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357615903 This is America by Childish Gambino is a music video that critiques current American society. The video exemplifies the prevalence of systemic racism, injustice, and violence.  Through the lyrics and images in the video, Childish Gambino - taking on the role of the activist - illuminates that the justice system in the United States unfairly targets members of the black community. Glover’s character, who represents how white American culture oppresses black people, periodically kills innocent performers - which demonstrates how people who are marginalized are unfairly persecuted even today. The video echoes the violence that members of the black community are subjected to at the hand of police officers and promotes the values of the Black Lives Matter movement. As Gambino tells listeners to “watch me move,” in the background people are being chased by police. Just like Arthur Miller does in The Crucible, Gambino uses his art to exemplify an unjust system whereby people are wrongly persecuted.  In The Crucible, Miller used witchcraft as an allegory for the persecution of liberal minded individuals by the government, while Gambino's production is a powerful reflection of what it is like to be black in America.  ]]> 2019-05-07 13:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357615903 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357616560 2019-05-07 13:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357616560 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357618276 2019-05-07 13:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357618276 jennifer_maurina https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357620868 2019-05-07 13:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_maurina/8bds18vyj8fe/wish/357620868