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Loyalties, 2017
In Fighting King Coal, a photo included in the Photovoice exhibit from Community B portrayed two opposing bumper stickers on the backs of cars. One read, “I love Coal,” and the other read, “I love Mountains.” The title of this photo and it’s caption is, “Loyalties.” I found this to be a valuable photo in the way that it represents the social divide over coal mining. The word loyalty when applied to the sticker that says “I love Coal” depicts the vital role that coal played in building the foundations of the economy in this region. With that, many people embrace and celebrate coal mining as a part of their culture. This raises challenges when trying to form activists groups and spread awareness because not only are these ideas deeply ingrained making it hard for some people to see the truth of the situation, but it also deters the people who may want to become more active but feel as though they will be going against their community in doing so. Label by Jordan Stofko