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I believe that I have gained a great deal of knowledge throughout this course regarding interesting historical movements and topics related to the LGBTQ+ community, which have been fascinating to me. We read several books over the past few months that painted a picture of what was going on at the time and told the stories of real people who lived through that time in history. During the United In Anger documentary, which summarized the history of the Act Up movement, I was first introduced to this movement. There has been a huge impact on history and activism as a result of this movement. There was finally some outcry against the government from the people, this fueled the fire during the movement. Overall, this course has not only expanded …show more content…

The coalition utilized affinity groups so these people could practice non-violent tactics to reach their goals. The groups made their own decisions within Act Up and also helped contribute to the fight for what they believed in. Furthermore, these affinity groups served as a platform for individuals to innovate and experiment with different tactics and strategies to advance their cause. This diversity of approaches not only kept the group dynamic and adaptable, but also ensured that they were able to identify and leverage any opportunities that arose in their fight against HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination. To be part of these groups you have to uphold certain standards of respect and rules. I read through an online article called Civil Disobedience Training, In this article, it is said “Affinity groups form the basic decision-making bodies of mass actions. As long as they remain within the nonviolence guidelines, affinity groups are generally encouraged to develop any form of participation they choose”.- Act Up …show more content…

The iconic poster that they worked on featured a pink triangle on a black background with the words "Silence=Death" boldly proclaiming the urgency of speaking out and taking action in society. As a reference to how gay men and women were labeled/ accused in concentration camps during the Holocaust, the pink triangle represents how Nazis categorized them. There were often many comparisons of the AIDS epidemic to the holocaust, due to government separation and mistreatment. It was an outrageous statement made by an American conservative writer by the name of William F. Buckley that made this comparison worse. "Everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common-needle users, and on the buttocks, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals." During the Holocaust, Jews were forced to be tattooed with numbers on their left forearms to keep track of all those who had been imprisoned, whereas others received symbols that allowed them to identify themselves from

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“The three ‘veteran’ prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name” (Wiesel 42). 1. Wiesel describes to the reader how he is tattooed with an identification number by the “veteran” prisoners the morning after he and his father have arrived at their new camp: Auschwitz. 2.

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During the Holocaust the words inside the Star were showing what the Jews were facing, and the words on the outside points of the Star were showing how the Nazis were to the Jews. The Nazis tattooed

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Later the SCLC and the NAACP started to raise and share their resources cooperatively. The SCLC was assuring the NAACP that they would not replace the NAACP’s legal approach with a direct, mass movement. Instead, through a labor division, the SCLC would concentrate on the implementation of non-violent, mass movements, while the NAACP still would use their legal means to enforce the SCLC actions. Also, CORE whose main strategy was to challenge the structured dominance by non-violent, peaceful means came into existence. Although CORE was organized mainly by whites, its concentration on racial issues made it an important organization to the civil rights movements.

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After arriving at Auschwitz, numbers were tattooed upon forearms of the prisoners as a way to replace their names. “The three ‘veteran’ prisoner’s, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name” (Wiesel p.g. 143). In that moment, their identity had been completely stripped away.

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During the Holocaust, the yellow star badge was assigned to the Jews during Hitler’s reign. This badge is a good example of a symbol. To Hitler and the Nazis, the yellow star symbolized that whomever wore it was a Jew. To the Jews, whomever wore this badge were to be sent to the concentration camps. They either worked there, were cremated at the crematory, or both.

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During their time in concentration camps, they experienced severe dehumanization due to the brutal treatment by the Kapo, prisoners appointed by the Nazis to enforce authority, showcasing the internal dehumanization of Jewish individuals. With the ethnic prejudices from the Nazis, they made veteran prisoners “[tattoo] numbers on [their] left arms [Elie becoming] A-7713" (Wiesel 42). Being marked with numbers showed Elie Wiesel and other Jews how they were dehumanized, treated like cattle, rounded up, and transported in overcrowded and inhumane conditions to concentration camps. This not only stripped them of their individuality, but also reminded them of their inferior status in the eyes of the Nazis. This connects to another part of identity for the Jewish prisoners: how many personal sentiments, like names, contribute to their individuality, along with “their clothes were to be thrown on the floor at the back of the barrack...

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One afternoon at a concentration camp, the Nazi’s had Jews line up and be tattooed by a veteran prisoner, they were tattooed numbers. “I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name.” (42) This quote shows the significance that the Nazi’s do not acknowledge the Jews as people who do not deserve names like the Germans do but numbers like animal being lined up.

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The Nazis were determined to have their identity be stripped away from them, starting with the choice of clothes being worn, forced to wear prison uniforms. Next they were forced to shaved their heads and every hair on their body, losing the choice of appearance. Finally the Nazis gave each person a tattoo of a number

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Those who don’t conform enough, or disown that they are colored will be dealt with, and could be at the hands of a police officer. One organization that stood out to me for being a change agent is ‘Baltimore United for Change”. An organization created after Freddie Gray’s death, and it purpose was to work on social justice within Baltimore, Md. Baltimore United for Change philosophy is to help strengthen small organizations to help the black community in Baltimore. Baltimore United has provided trainings that teach the community about knowing their rights, they created bail support, and has created safe harbors for families. Interactionist theory would best fit the organization because it focuses on a smaller group, and the interactions between them.

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No temperature change” (Serling 7). So in the teleplay nurse one and two calls Janet 307 instead of her name. In the holocaust to identify the jews they tattooed them, the article said, “tattooing was introduced at Auschwitz in the autumn of 1941 so authorities began to tattoo the jews to identify them.” (“The Holocaust”). In the holocaust, they identified the Jews with tattoos to know who they

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In “Fetishizing Holocaust Tattoos” by Jonathan Tobin, Tobin mentions that “fear that their experiences would be forgotten have fueled the proliferation in Holocaust museums and memorials.” In other words, we don’t really need these holocaust tattoos to remember

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In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education declared “‘in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place’” (Important Supreme Court Cases). This started the desegregation of public schools, leading to busing, Brown v. Board of Education II, and other arguments about desegregation. The case “served as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement, inspiring education reform everywhere and forming the legal means of challenging segregation in all areas of society” (Brown v. Board of Education). The gay rights movement also had a big victory very recently.

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Pro-choice, is advocating legalized abortion according to Google.com. Imagine being a kid who was born by a mother who never even wanted you, or wasn’t able to take care of you. However she was forced to still have you because it was against the law. Nine months later you are born , but the mother decides that she is going to put you in foster care. Yet the problem with that is so many kids are in foster care already.

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