This is the undocumented future

In our last unit Revolt of the course P'art of History we learned about revolting and how people in our history has revolted for what they believe. For this unit we specifically watched a movie called "The Chicago 8" which was a situation that happened in Chicago's history. It was about 8 men getting blamed for a big riot, they were blamed because they were some how connected with teenagers. At the end they all got send to jail for a crime that they didn't do. We also studied the race riot, that was started when black boys accidentally crossed onto the whites beach. The white started throwing rocks at them thinking it was funny when a rock hit a blacks head and died. The police came and the blacks expected the police to arrest the whites for killing their friend but the police arrested the blacks for entering whites property. That was when they blacks and whites started fighting each other for eight bloody days. In this unit I learned so much about injustice that happened in Chicago and how to make a meaningful simple message. One thing that I am proud of is the way I color my titles and the tiles them selves.

KIS
Immigrants everywhere
Soft lino-cut, plaster, clay carving tools
6 inches by 6 inches
July 24, 2014

In my mini version of a poster I wrote a message for the Dreamers “there is no limit”. In further depth I mean that Dreamers shouldn’t stop fighting for what they want and their right. Also that they shouldn’t let anyone else determine what they want to do or their future. I also include the chinese world means dream.

The way I created this piece was by creating a drawing of my message about what I would revolt for. Then I transferred my drawing onto soft lino-cut to start carving it. After I finish carving I built clay walls around my lino-cut so when I poor plaster onto it to create the tile. When the plaster was finished drying, I painted it. The, we will install the 3 tiles we created in this course in a public space.



Poem

This is the year that DREAMERs
can march into any university of their choice
get accepted and achieve their American Dream
This is the year that parents of DREAMERs
achieved their American Dream
and can put their daughter on the path of success
with their hard-earned money without the help of the government

This is the year that graduates without papers
do not have to wear the uniforms of McDonalds, Burger King, or KFC
and flip burgers or fry chicken for minimum wage
This is the year that graduates without paper can apply for jobs
that will put them on the path of being a lawyer, doctor, professor, dentist, astronaut,or an engineer

This is the year the undocumented immigrants invites the president
to their homes tell him why they want a better life
and how his country can help them achieve that dream
This is the year where undocumented immigrants take ICE to their homelands
and show them the few opportunities they have in their countries.

This is the year Dreamers succeed in life to become what they want
travel the world with their money with no restrictions
This is the years politicians accept undocumented immigrants
and become themselves a dreamer

This is the year where immigrants are no longer immigrants they are citizens and are no longer treated like criminals.

If The Race Riots of 1919 began
with the mission to demolish segregation
then this is the year;
If Blacks band together to fight for equal rights
then this is the year;
And if The Great Migration began with hopeful
Blacks pursuing opportunities in the North
then this is the year;
If every person can realize that every person that contributes to a society IS a citizen of that society, then this is the year.

So may every undocumented immigrant
who work hard and comply with the law
live without fear or restrictions.