Hi, my name is Zikra Fashir. I'm the CUE at Wright this year.
Pretty much what a CUE does is educate the residence halls on topics ranging
around social justice education
And for this month i did my board on the idea of a welfare queen, and what that can ultimately lead to.
For the title of my board, I titled it Welfare Queen with an ellipsis and a question mark.
As kind of a thought bubble of hers as a black woman
Because it's something that is often commonly heard in the black community by black women
And it's something that is so common that we don't want to hear anymore because it's simply not true.
So her image of her being kind of annoyed is kind of what I wanted to depict.
Her being annoyed by this kind of stereotyping.
And I decided to place the money up top because we are dealing with socioeconomic status and I think
that has a lot to do with the topic at hand.
So for what a welfare queen is:
For the origins of this terminology:
And because of this it's led to many stereotypes
Because of that it has led to people treating those on welfare differently
Some of the comments I'd like to highlight would be
Stop treating needing assistance as a crime and stop stereotyping poor people
And another person says, "I second this." Some said that many conservative policies have racist / PR promotional strategies
And additionally, up here it says, "Get a Job." and somebody else responded, "You could have a job and still need welfare."
So the comments are very very two-sided. It just really depends on your own personal opinion.
But I do think it's important to have that interative section so people know they can speak up about how
they feel about this kind of topic.
So thanks for checking out my board. If you would like to see more, you can check out our
social media or in your own residence hall.
