Bailey Trela

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Bailey Trela

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Two things that were interesting to me as I walked through East Boston were the murals and the ethnic eateries. I only noted a few Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants, and so when I returned from my visit I decided to get a better grasp of the ethnic makeup of the neighborhood. Basically, my map showed a surprisingly low percent population of Asians. Frankly, the figures I found, between zero to fifteen percent of the population in most parts of East Boston, gelled well with the frequency of Chinese or Vietnamese eateries that I witnessed; still, for some reason, I expected them to make up a larger percent of the population. My photo is a mural from the community garden I observed; it shows a can of spray-paint assisting in gardening tasks. It’s a self-conscious critique of graffiti; even the tool of graffiti is contributing to the community, even the graffiti itself is contributing to the community. I thought it showed a clever awareness of the dangers a community might face from its own members, and an equally clever way of combatting these dangers.

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“Bailey Trela,” USW24, accessed March 28, 2024, https://usworld24.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/198.