Bridge 4 Proposal

  • – a description of the topic
    • Microaggressions integrated and normalized in daily life, specifically in the context of Asian Americans
  • – your objectives – long view ideas for change
    • Create an environment that is completely safe for people of color
    • People educating themselves on microaggressions (and how it is detrimental/racist) and making a conscious effort to change stereotypes on Asian Americans
  • – your goals – short term, small steps to initiate social change
    • Create work that instills questions amongst the audience.
    • Artistic activism that is peaceful and factual
    • Explain the history of Asian discrimination in America (Japanese internment camps, Chinese Exclusion Act, gook, chink, etc)
    • Explain Asian racism in 21st century context/in current events
  • – who is the audience?
    • People who refuse to acknowledge Asian American racism
    • Ignorant individuals
    • Asian American activists, Asians in general
  • – 5 ideas to achieve your goals
    • Video
    • Zine
    • Poster (created through Illustrator
    • Collage
    • Picture book (elementary type reading level, many illustrations)
  • – 5 sketches / visualization