Should we be concerned about surveillance throughout the places we go? If so, why? Is it not meant to keep us safe? These are the questions I asked myself as I walked along Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles. This street, along with Broadway street in Downtown Los Angeles, hold an important piece of history due to the fact that many significant events have occurred there. The 1970 Chicano Moratorium, for example, took place on Whittier Boulevard and immigration rallies have taken place in Downtown Los Angeles leaving an important remembrance on these streets’ history.
While walking through Whittier Boulevard, I felt a strong sensation of a hispanic culture. There were many reason why I most likely felt this way. For instance, I saw many people that looked of hispanic/latino and mexican background and there were other racial people but the majority were hispanic/latino. Additionally, as I passed by some of the stores, I heard spanish music playing on the inside and I also heard the spanish language being used a lot. But apart from …show more content…
There was a diversity of people from different cultural and racial backgrounds. But aside from this, I quickly realized that similarly to Whittier Boulevard, on Broadway there was surveillance cameras everywhere and in addition to that, I also noticed that there was a lot of security guards. These guards were outside of the business buildings and some of the open spaced store buildings had a very visible yellow sign that said “Smile You’re on Camera”. These signs combined with the security guards made it clear to me that this was a place very well protected and supervised at all times. Personally, I felt a bit tense because I felt that I, along with everybody else, was being watched and this worried me a little because of some of the things Edward Snowden said regarding the surveillance and spying of the
While walking through Whittier Boulevard, I felt a strong sensation of a hispanic culture. There were many reason why I most likely felt this way. For instance, I saw many people that looked of hispanic/latino and mexican background and there were other racial people but the majority were hispanic/latino. Additionally, as I passed by some of the stores, I heard spanish music playing on the inside and I also heard the spanish language being used a lot. But apart from …show more content…
There was a diversity of people from different cultural and racial backgrounds. But aside from this, I quickly realized that similarly to Whittier Boulevard, on Broadway there was surveillance cameras everywhere and in addition to that, I also noticed that there was a lot of security guards. These guards were outside of the business buildings and some of the open spaced store buildings had a very visible yellow sign that said “Smile You’re on Camera”. These signs combined with the security guards made it clear to me that this was a place very well protected and supervised at all times. Personally, I felt a bit tense because I felt that I, along with everybody else, was being watched and this worried me a little because of some of the things Edward Snowden said regarding the surveillance and spying of the