Object number:
2010.54.6636
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
FRaid Anti Immigrant Border Spray
Maker:
Lalo Alcaraz
Date made:
1994
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 22 in, W: 17 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Poster is in black and white and depicts a satirical advertisement for, "FRaid Anti Immigrant Border Spray." The main image is of a politician in a suit with an, "187 for me," button holding a can of the spray. The politician says, "S.O.S! Spray on spicks! Keeps on working for up to 2 elections!" Bottom left of the ad reads, "INS and GOP Approved!" Bottom right of the ad reads, "9 out of 10 racist politicians prefer Fraid Anti-Immigrant Spray." Above the central image, poster reads, "L.A. Cucaracha/ Lalo Alcaraz (c) 1994.
Concepts:
pesticide; proposition 187; cartoon; racism; anti-immigrant; satire; politics; immigrant; border
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