by Latoya Peterson
The image about says it all, doesn’t it?
AdRants explains:
The ad is for the Senator John Heinz History Center and it ran through ‘07. It got an award for cultural awareness at the ADDYs last month.
(Via The Franklin Blog)
Yes it does and it speaks volumes. Before I even scrolled down to the last sentence, I already knew what it was driving at.
wow, that was pretty cool. I’m so gonna post it on myspace, haha.
Very cool. Now everyone go out and read Walter Dean Myer’s “Fallen Angels”.
Daomadan -
OMG, I loved that book!
That ad kicks ass! I acually thought it was an ad for a documentary or a movie. ! It would be cool if the Wright Museum (the African-American Museum) could bring that exhibit here to the D—that would be off the hook! A good example of how you can say so much about a subject by using so few words.
Excuse my mistakes in the previous post—I didn’t proofread well enough, darn it.
This “War on Two Fronts” is not limited to Vietnam. This has often been the case since this country’s inception.
Heh, I mean, the Red Summer of 1919 followed right after WWI, so those of the African Diaspora in the US have rarely gotten a break during so-called “peacetime.” But times are changing slowly but surely. I hope that we aren’t lulled into a false sense of security because we still have a long way to go.
But I do like this picture. *saved*
Nice ad! 
This is what I’d wish those so-called patriotic-types would understand. Instead, they’re so quick to express outrage when a non-white person chooses not to wear a flag pin or acknowledge the singing of “God Bless America” or turn their back to the flag. Not everyone experiences the American Experience equally.
While not an ad, here’s picture that I think speaks a thousand words.
deb,
Do you know what those folks are standing in line for?
This ad applies to my grandpa’s WW2 experience.
I wonder if this exhibit will ever travel?
What a wonderful, painful ad. And I’m joining in the Fallen Angels love, which not only talked a lot about the black experience in Vietnam, but is one of the rare works of fiction about Vietnam that recognizes that women served and died there too.
Love it! Sent it to all my friends. Whew! It takes me back and yeah the bros look phine!!!
Nice to see some without a million damn tatoos on em as well.
I found this website about the exhibit
http://www.pghhistory.org/Veterans_Exhibit.asp
I guess it is traveling now? Someone should have the Wright Museum get in touch with them.
Sin Vergüenza, photo is by photo-journalist, Margaret Bourke-White. It’s titled “At the Time of the Louisville Flood” (1937). They are “patiently waiting for relief.”
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