Positive/Negative Images

This photo shows one of the largest islamic mosques in America situated in Dearborn,MI. I chose this as my positive image of America because many people believe America to be a "christian" nation but miss out on the fact that the country was set up to be free to all faiths and race, unlike many other countires such as England where we still have the Church of England as our official state religion. Eventhough there has been alot of stigma attached to islam since 9/11, muslims have as much right to be in America as Jews, Buddhists, Rastafarians etc.

My negative image of America is a child in a KKK robe, this represents the still ever present racial tension and hatred in many areas of the country, although America has come along way from the 1950's and even now with a mixed race president there are still people who obviously feel America should be a "white" country and with images like the above bringing up children in these groups and brainwashing them with these ideas it looks asthough there is still  long way to go before this is erradicated (maybe it never will be).