Exploring how graffiti and street art calls attention to social justice issues

<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Handbook-Graffiti-International-Handbooks/dp/0367335972/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Graffiti and street art</a> has a longstanding connection with political and social issues. Not only do we see this kind of activity proliferate when controversial issues are contested in <a href="https://jeffreyianross.com/tag/urban-public-space/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">urban public spaces</a>, but we typically witness <a href="https://jeffreyianross.com/tag/graffiti-and-street-art/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">graffiti and street art</a> when a grass roots social movement develops, or political or social revolution emerges. In recent times lots of this type of graffiti and street art in support of ethnic, <a href="https://jeffreyianross.com/tag/race/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">racial</a>, and social justice issues has been produced. This work may be generic, like profanity laced tags against political leaders (e.g., <a href="https://works.bepress.com/jeffreyianross/111/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Fuck Trump</a>), etc., or it may involve more detailed and complicated types of communication including with different colors, shapes, and sizes, etc. This whole cavalcade of icons, images, lettering, symbols, and words begs numerous interesting questions such as who is doing this kind of work? what is the range (e.g., what particular subjects do writers and artists focus on)? what effect (or impact) does it have? etc. Some of these questions are more interesting and/or difficult to answer. Among the three previously listed ones, the effect of graffiti and street art that criticizes racial and ethnic injustice and promotes social justice are perhaps most interesting and are most needed for deeper inquiry. <a href="https://jeffreyianross.medium.com/exploring-how-graffiti-and-street-art-calls-attention-to-social-justice-issues-6c967fe9ddd0">Website</a>