Living Newspaper Pitch

I think that an interesting idea for the Living Newspaper project would be Race and Citizenship such as racial segregation from the 1950’s until now. Not only could we explore the struggle it racial segregation had in the community back then but, we could prove the presence it still has in society, today.  Besides the obvious cultural events to take place in the 1950’s we could explore poetry and different writings from that era. We could relate these different writings with today’s society. One thing that we could explore to use in our project is the different types of music and documentaries today that talk about their hardships because of race and citizenship. Although poetry and lyrics are basically the same thing, I feel as if that music lyrics can speak to the audience much more than a poem can. . Luckily, there are plenty of songs that explain how prominent racial segregation is in today’s world.  We can incorporate these things into our Living Newspaper project to prove that racial segregation does still exist today. Since many people listen to this music, I think that our audience will find it relevant to their lives. I also think that this would interest our audience because it would get them thinking about this serious topic. Many people think that the issue of race and citizenship was only important in the 1950’s era however, it still happens today. Although many other things cover up racism today, emphasizing that it is not would be very beneficial to our audience.