English 2150 Spring 2020: Writing and Displacement

Coronavirus has caused a global pandemic since its appearance back late 2019. Since its start by spreading from one region to another with its first known cases in mainland China, this virus quickly expanded with its neighboring countries before being internationally transmitted to different overseas countries. This virus’s first major strike was in Europe, Italy in particular. Within a couple of weeks, Italian officials have confirmed more than a couple of tens of thousands of people being infected, and more than a thousand have died from it. From Europe to America has been the most dangerous leap ever since it infected people in major cities in the United States of America.  Ever since its strike in America, it has been difficult for the United States government to keep this virus under control, from New York City to other major cities in the USA, governors have warned the general public to stay home and save lives but this has been an ongoing issue since not everyone has been following the rules. I have chosen this image because this says a lot about our current situation not only in  New York but states around the United States. The message in this image reflects what we should be doing as residents, by staying home we are minimizing the risk of being infected and possibly getting extremely sick. What I find a little funny and sort of ironic in this picture is that the words “I heart NY” are usually displayed on shirts, hats and other types of clothing that are usually outside and for the tourists to see and buy, but since they are inside the building it says that we should stay home and minimize getting infected by the virus as we are in the epicenter of the virus, sorta like an eye of the storm. I think that the creator has made a creative image that makes the general public to see and understand what’s really important during this type of global pandemic. I give huge credit for the creator for sharing this image with us and for everyone to see and realize what we should be doing as humans during this unfortunate pandemic. I think that these types of drawings and political cartoons are the way to go to influence others to see what’s important, these drawings portray what’s important and display it in a humorous fashion.

Africans in Guangzhou are on edge, after many are left homeless amid rising xenophobia as China fights a second wave of coronavirus

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/china/africans-guangzhou-china-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html

This article talks about how Africans living in China are being evicted in different parts of the country due to Coronavirus fears. The city of Guangzhou has the largest African population in China and convinced that Black people are responsible for the spread and should be to blame. Many Africans were evicted left homeless and sleeping in the streets because hotels refused to service them. Also, being tested for COVID19, forcibly quarantined at their homes, banned from entering businesses, harassed by law enforcement, and without a home amid the pandemic.  As known, the coronavirus was originated in Chinese origins. African officials confronted the Chinese government for this mistreatment that Blacks are receiving. Many try to justify their actions are prevention from a second wave of the virus, while others demand that this is discrimination and cruel.  I chose this article because people are being displaced from what they called home amid the pandemic, which I found to be just evil. There are many things wrong with this especially the discrimination against Africans because they are being portrayed as a cause of the pandemic. This is creating displacement for them as they are becoming homeless as well as seen differently in a community that they have been living for a while. One of the rules to prevent and be safe during this time is by staying home, but Africans are being kicked out of their homes and forced to live on the streets. These precautions are leaving people without proper living conditions and not other shelter options. In addition, we have seen Asians experience discrimination and displacement in the U.S. but it is not being portrayed so far as what Blacks are experiencing in China.

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The political cartoon shows an accurate representation of how Trump leading the nation. Often in the conference he often disgraced important questions and mocking the issues. And him standing on the man labeled scientists if him thinking he knows more and not taking experts seriously. Thus leading us with so many cases. The way Trump is shaped with his small hands and feet, but his overly large body and hair are mocking his looks. And the statement “Any Further Questions?” is an irony because he does not answer any of the questions seriously. This sends that message of how chaotic America right now and how our political leader taking responsibility for this pandemic. It is very upsetting that he does not even knowledge let along respect people who work their whole life to help humankind. The funny part of this political cartoon is mocking of Trump and how the artist builds his body and overall features. And him stepping and a scientist whose mouth is taped indicating that he is hiding something. The artist mocks Trump orange skin tone and hand smalls which was a joke that overtook the internet. It also funny that America one most powerful nation lead by a joke of a man. And the fact our political leader ignores or even hides information’s but accuse other nations of the same crime. And it is our rights as people to know everything that going on and gave the right information because it is us that are going to impact us. The issues that are really being tackled is how Trump handles thus situations and his behaviors during briefs. He is always rude and obnoxious when it comes to addressing problems in public. It also showed that Trump does not take science experts and advice seriously when COVID 19 is all about health. Political cartoons are useful and very effective. It makes a statement and shows a bigger picture. Political cartoons have been used for years to inform and show people problems in our society. It comes back to that saying a picture can tell a thousand words.

I chose this cartoon to talk about because I want to acknowledge the true heros in this whole pandemic. Those people are doctors, delivery men/women, and the people that work in supermarkets. These people are risking their lives everyday just to save ours and I feel like the media should be preaching them more than anybody right now. Right now it can be argued that these people are getting more exposed to the virus than anyone else right now. It takes a lot out of a person to risk their life everyday for others not knowing if they can harm themselves or even their loved ones. It takes a growth mindset to go outside everyday because going outside is a risk. Doctors with family are at risk the most because of how exposed doctors are of germs and are the people that are trying to figure out what this virus is all about. Also, we have to give respect to the people that deliver these supplies and goods everyday. These people go to a lot of different people’s houses everyday, so these people are getting exposed to multiple parts of a city that have the virus, especially a city like New York. They are also giving the people the pleasure to stay home and be safe while other people take that risk to deliver these goods to the people. Also, one thing that outside the cartoon that I think is missing is celebrities that have been donating a lot of money to the people that need it and we are talking about supplying food and goods. I think these celebrities should be acknowledged too because i feel like they are doing more than the government when it comes to supplies. It’s good to see the top 1% in the economy help the people that need it, but overall these people are the real heroes of this whole virus.

The message of this cartoon is to combey how hard life is when you are home. When the quarantine started, people took the time to reflect and connect with other people in the house. However, this started changing when people had to start to work from home. People thought this situation was going to last a few days. Now, we have more than one month in quarantine and do not have a date yet for when we are going back to a “normal life”. Also, everyone right now is trying to adapt in different ways because each one has something different to do at home. For me, what is funny in this cartoon is the mother in the washing area doing her work. It’s funny how everyone is doing something or needs something from the mother but I am sure the mother does not have someone to go to. I feel like during this time of Covid-19, people think this would be a time to unite families in their home. However, in some homes this creates chaos. For example, in my house there is not a specific space to do homework or a quiet space. I feel the same that is happening to everyone else. Now, that everyone is home there is less space to concentrate. Imagine houses with more than two children, and the mother has to work from home. I like this genre because it’s easy to interpret and also find the funny meaning behind it. I feel cartoons are an effective way to make a political point because they reveal funny messages, sometimes in favor of the government and sometimes not. I feel people pay more attention to political cartoons showing what is really happening in the world, instead of reading what happens. I feel cartoons are more efficient than text because they can take you more rapidly to the context.

Political Cartoon:

This is a political cartoon that reveals many things about what happens when we stay in our homes. As the cartoon shows, we start to develop a variety of new habits. The habit that this cartoon shows is stress eating. Because most of us are always at home, we start to get bored, and because of it, our mind makes us feel like we are hungry but in reality, we just want to be doing something. In this case, we start eating many times in the day. We go to the refrigerator and take and look at the things there are. Something we go and just take a look. Other times we go and take something to eat.

This is not the only habit we create. There are many other bad habits we create that are not in the political cartoon. Another habit that we create is about our sleeping schedule. Because we are bored during the day. We might fall asleep. This causes not wanting to sleep during the night. And what follows this is going to sleep very late, and waking up later in the day. This cycle that we create, ruins our sleeping schedule.

We should be aware of these habits that we create. In the political cartoon, we can see that the woman uses a face mask in her house to remember herself that she has the habit of stress eating. Being aware that we have the habit, make us realize that we are under something we need to find ways to stop. The mask remember her that he do not have be going to the refrigerator and be eating all the time. The same thing with sleeping. We should be aware that if we are ruining our sleeping schedule, we must find ways to remember ourselves that we have to sleep and fix this sleeping schedule.

I think that all the cartoons were amazing. But I chose this specific cartoon because it has ignorance all over it. This actually happening in some parts of the country, where people mostly trump’s supporters are protesting in favor of reopening cities and businesses. They want all restrictions to be lifted and be able to not only endanger themselves, but others. They believe that the pandemic is a hoax. It just shows how ignorant and not smart these people are, but no wonder who their leader is. What’s funny about this cartoon is the virus figure also holding signs of support indicating that what they are doing is silly since the point is to protect ourselves from the virus, which is outside. I think that it depends because a cartoon can persuade you more into the cartoonist’s views on what they are trying to express. But they are funny and keep you in touch with political issue that go on.

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