LV:Control of Self Representation

Card (109)(Self Representation)

Properties

Control of Self Representation

Whether through speech, story, or image how people are represented influences how they're perceived and treated. Non- whites, incarcerated, sick or starving people, disaster victims, uneducated, aged, and rural people as well as many others marginalized by gender or ethnicity are misrepresented. One cannot fully control self-representation but it can be addressed. The first step is increasing awareness of the problem; the second is analysis; the third is action.
Written by Douglas Schuler. Licence: cc-by-sa. Image by Name of artist/photographer