The New Yorker cover page of Dec. 8, 2014 implies society and government are divided through the figurative use of black and white, and the resulting split created through the Gateway Arch and government.
The cover page depicts the Gateway Arch in St. Louis as half white, half black and broken in two halves. The Gateway Arch is a historical landmark that represents the entrance to the west for early pioneers during a time when government was revolutionary, and society was democratic. However, in this cover the arch is altered to represent a symbol for the divide in Ferguson. This indicates a shift from a more unified, forward-looking society to one that is currently stifled with stark polarization.
In Ferguson, Missouri the grand jury decided not to indict cop Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. The cover page shows the divided response of that decision. By making the arch half white and half black, the illustrator shows a clear divide in people’s perceptions of the event and what it means to them. The illustrator uses the colors as a metaphor representing two different …show more content…
Capitol is placed in the middle shown obviously divided. The Capitol is a historical building that symbolizes the foundation of democracy through the daily struggle for compromise through debate. Today, divided government represents gridlock and polarized parties that are not likely to produce progress or compromise. It show how being “politically correct” has grown in importance in the United States. The original intent of political correctness was to encourage people to become more sensitive to issues involving gender, race, and religion. Now, it has led people to avoid such topics altogether causing the middle ground or the “gray area” to become destroyed. The government would analyze the events in Ferguson but no important conclusion would be reached because political correctness doesn’t allow real debate to occur causing an even deeper
The cover page depicts the Gateway Arch in St. Louis as half white, half black and broken in two halves. The Gateway Arch is a historical landmark that represents the entrance to the west for early pioneers during a time when government was revolutionary, and society was democratic. However, in this cover the arch is altered to represent a symbol for the divide in Ferguson. This indicates a shift from a more unified, forward-looking society to one that is currently stifled with stark polarization.
In Ferguson, Missouri the grand jury decided not to indict cop Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. The cover page shows the divided response of that decision. By making the arch half white and half black, the illustrator shows a clear divide in people’s perceptions of the event and what it means to them. The illustrator uses the colors as a metaphor representing two different …show more content…
Capitol is placed in the middle shown obviously divided. The Capitol is a historical building that symbolizes the foundation of democracy through the daily struggle for compromise through debate. Today, divided government represents gridlock and polarized parties that are not likely to produce progress or compromise. It show how being “politically correct” has grown in importance in the United States. The original intent of political correctness was to encourage people to become more sensitive to issues involving gender, race, and religion. Now, it has led people to avoid such topics altogether causing the middle ground or the “gray area” to become destroyed. The government would analyze the events in Ferguson but no important conclusion would be reached because political correctness doesn’t allow real debate to occur causing an even deeper