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| Dorothea Lange |
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was an American and documentary photographer. She is best known for her photographs of the Great Depression and Japanese American internment. This photograph was taken prior to Japanese American internment, in which children at a San Francisco public school are pledging allegiance to the American flag. After Japanese American internment, this photo became a focus for the irony it conveys; the pledge of allegiance represents the freedoms all Americans have, however, many Japanese Americans lost their freedoms just for the sake of having Japanese ancestry. This photo challenges the notion that all Americans are treated as equals.
