Author Archives: Kierra Q. McQueen

Currently we are experiencing a pandemic that many of us have never dealt with in our lifetime. My photo project features intimate photos of my family members as we try to coop with the shelter-in-place that was put into place by Michigan’s governor along with several other states throughout the United States. The sequence ofContinue reading “Life During A Pandemic”

The population in Israel is about 8.7 million, West Bank is 2.8 million, and the Gaza Strip has 1.8 million. My understanding of the Middle East situation is that there tends to be a lot of wars and physical conflicts in general. I usually get my information from national news such as CNN, Fox, orContinue reading “Constructing the terrorist threat”

When you hear the word social media you automatically may think of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram just to name a popular few. If you own a smartphone or any type of technology, chances are you have some sort of social media platform that you visit daily. Social media honestly may be the easiest way toContinue reading “Social Media Addiction?”

For my discussion leading post the topic that I focused on was Gender. My partner Paige and I decided to work together when presenting to the class. My first initial thought was that we needed to give a few clear explanations on what the term Gender meant. The two we decided between came from theContinue reading “Discussion Leading Post”

During my NY Vr experience I decided to focus on “Notes on Blindness”. From beginning to end I was pretty excited to see what was in store, and what new things I might discover. There are many disabilities that a lot of people around us battle with on a daily, maybe more than we’ve actuallyContinue reading “VR Experience – Blindness”

Oakland Universities Organization ‘ABS’ which stands for Association of black students partnered with another black org that goes by the name Love naturally for a hair expo. The expo took place in the banquet rooms of the Oakland Center. The night brought out a decent crowd, which was not that surprising. When taking a lookContinue reading “Love Naturally Hair Expo”

Discussing topics that contain bias situation or requires a statement on white privilege, I have never had a problem opening up about it. I feel as though it is a topic that may not always be a comfortable thing to discuss, but it should be considering it is an ongoing issue. I definitely feel asContinue reading “Implicit Bias Testing”

When I first got onto the website, everything about the layout was quite interesting to me. The project held many different choice to further look into, so I had a few things to think about. Each option was pretty interesting so I definitely had to stop and think about which topic I wanted to lookContinue reading ““Under Our Skin””