Graffiti lines the background and tight braids slip out from underneath his black bandana. In a third, a young African-American man’s face and upper torso fill the camera frame. He wears black sunglasses and ear protection. In another, smoke explodes from the barrel of a shotgun being held by an African-American man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a black Nike polo tucked neatly into blue jeans.

His left hand grips a pistol of unknown make and caliber that he points at the ground. An AR-15 assault rifle with custom grips, a 30-round magazine and collapsible stock hangs from a sling off his back. In one, an African-American man stands alone in an apartment facing away from the camera, his head slightly bowed, enough to make out an outline but no details of his face. Three highly publicized photographs demonstrate the complexity and disparity of portrayals of the African-American gun culture. What does a gun in a hand of a black man symbolize? graphic design health care high school Hindu history homelessness housing identity immigration International Rescue Committee Jackie Biskupski JACL JoSelle Vanderhooft journalism Law enforcement LDS LDS Church LDS Humanitarian Center Legal Aid Society Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake legal services Local First Utah low-income marriage math Media Mental Health Court Mike Thompson multimedia Murphy Native American Navajo Navajo Nation newspaper Nola Lodge nonprofit Patrick Poulin Peru Philippines photography PIK2AR Pride Week programs QSaltLake queer Ralph Becker refugee refugees Refugee Services Office relationships Religion respect restaurant Rice Rwanda Salt Lake City salt lake city west side Salt Lake Community College Sandra Plazas science Sim Gill skiing soccer Social Security Spanish Sports stereotypes Stewart Ralphs Sudan sushi Thailand undocumented students University Neighborhood Partners University of Utah Utah Utah Asian Chamber of Commerce Utah Department of Workforce Services Utah Division of Indian Affairs Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Utah Legislature Utah Native American Chamber of Commerce Utah Pride Center Ute Vietnam Vietnamese volunteer volunteers Volunteers of America west side youth “…And Justice For All”īreak downs of the demographics of shooters in school shootings show the vast majority are not ethnic minorities. abuse Aden Batar adoption Advocacy advocate art Asian Asian Association of Utah assisted living Bad Dog Arts bias bilingual education boarding school Bogota Bosnia bullying Burma Cal Nez Catholic Community Services charity children China Chris Burbank citizenship community culture curriculum Defense of Marriage Act Deseret Industries dialogue Dine Disability Law Center discrimination diversity Divorce Domestic abuse domestic violence downtown Salt Lake City drug abuse drug court Dual Immersion Academy economy education elders employment empowerment training Environment equality Equality Utah equal rights Eunice Jones family food football Forrest Cuch gangs Gerald Brown Glendale Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.

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