Michaela

SATIRE IN SOCIETY This video is satirizing the enormity of the problem that the oil in the Gulf caused. It is showing that BP was being stupid in the way they handled the whole thing. It is conveyed by their conversations in this video, with one man saying, "Oh, it's just a little spill of coffee on a big table, it'll be okay." And the woman replying, "I think we are underestimating the problem." The BP oil spill affected everyone in some way and this video shows just how "well" the company took care of it. media type="youtube" key="2AAa0gd7ClM" height="315" width="560" align="center"


 * Photographer:** Elliott Erwitt, Magnum Photos
 * Source:** wikipedia.org

This photograph of segregated water fountains represents more than just division of skin color. The colored man drinking from the one on the right gives this picture a more personal point of view. It makes you feel a little sorry for him because of all the things that happened to colored individuals back then. The fountain labeled "COLORED" is smaller than the one labeled "WHITE," possibly showing that Caucasian people feel they are superior to the colored races. No, they are not necessarily bigger in literal size, but in the mindset. Also, I see irony in the fact that the "COLORED" fountain is all white, while the "WHITE'' fountain has a black/gray base. It seems as if they should be the other way around. Even more so, the water line running in between the two fountains is significant. To me, it seems like a metaphor for the fact that even though things on the outside may look different, we have the same inside. The water is being shared anyway, just coming out in different forms. The water pipe is connecting them, and all the water is the same. = =