Blog 1 Wing Young Huie
Wing Young Huie Young Girl Wrapped in Dora the Explorer Blanket, South Minneapolis, MN (2012) On the first look this seems to be an image of a girl just standing outside of an old car with a Dora the explorer blanket on. At first I thought this represented the poverty in the area she lived in. I assumed the ratty old car and blanket were meant to give us the impression that she is of a lower economic status. However upon reading the blog I realized the picture wasn't about her income, it was about her relationship with the media. She has wrapped herself in a blanket with a huge picture of Dora the Explorer. The average person knows of Dora, however to this Latino girl Dora is her role model, and showed her at a young age that Latino girls would be a major part of media. Wing Young Huie wishes that he had had an Asia...