watkinsjohnson3media

In Johnsons chapter three he identifies the difference of race and what it means. He also goes on saying how you should not live in fear of different races. The piece I feel that best fits is these pictures that I observed while browsing through the internet. I feel this is what Johnson is trying to accomplish with his writing. This picture shows the unity of black and white, old and young, and different cultures. This also follows more of Johnson’s points in that racism is cause by capitalism. That with money and power comes different groups of power and wealth, which then cause separation between these groups. This picture is what Johnson is trying to depict in his writing of not being scared of differences and just embracing them.
These pictures come from Lilo Kine who uses body art as a way of unifying people. Through her shows she brings many different races and paints of their skin tones and bodies and makes them all the same; just art work. These men and women are stripped down to just their bodies so that they are all just humans and nothing more. No materialistic clothing or style may separate them. The only thing that they have become is people. This relates because throughout ethnic studies because that is what this class is trying to prove. That their have been many philosophers out there and people who are trying to show that people are people and nothing more. No matter your make up or class we are all the same so there is no reason to have hate or be afraid of the unknown race.
For me this art symbolizes unity in every form. It is celebrated as people coming together for a common theme which in this case is artwork. The general message is to not judge but to allow you to see past the color of people’s skin and the many colors that are splattered across their bodies.

Link:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lilokinne.com/LiloMakedaBodyArtBD6-14-2005DSCF2212EnergyTransfer.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lilokinne.com/LiloKinneBodyArt-LiloKinneCreatingPortrait.htm&h=633&w=720&sz=77&hl=en&start=29&tbnid=y0SXufCUycBkqM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddifferent%2Braces%2B%252B%2Bblack%2Band%2Bwhite%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN