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131875
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Everett
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A sticker sits near a crosswalk. Like most of the graffiti surrounding the area, the language is only English, though the message still communicates a level of class-unity. Pieces of graffiti in the area only protest wealth, and not specific struggles of being part of a certain group outside of that, whether that be immigrants or not. Ironically enough, the protest stickers echo the same way the restaurants do, as a place that is disconnected with anything resembling an immigrant population in any regard.
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131874
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United States
Everett
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Here is a sign for what I believe to be a restaurant with live music. They will be hosting a live band that's showcasing someone with a Spanish name. The music for the referred album is classic rock with English lyrics. Once again, downtown Everett broadly offers the aesthetic of immigrant/cross-culture influence, but seemingly is absent of them.
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131873
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United States
Everett
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Several tags have been lined up on top of one-another on this building. All of them seem to be in English, and it makes me wonder if there are any pieces of street art, graffiti or otherwise, that is in another language in this area. Do immigrants live anywhere in downtown Everett? Perhaps not.
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131872
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United States
Everett
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Here is the sign marking the entrance to one of Everett High School's several buildings. Unlike other "public" bodies in the area, nothing around the high school seems to show navigation of its campus, which tells others that students are expected to know which building is which. With that in mind, perhaps there's resources given out to students to help them understand what is where, which might give a better chance at given non-English speakers easier access to material they need.
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131871
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United States
Everett
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A sticker located close to the high school of Everett. This seems to be the first piece of lettering that I've come across that could have some semblance of tolerance towards immigrants. Though building "communities, not cages" isn't necessarily just for immigrants but for low-income areas in general. It being close to the high school communicates that at least the younger population in the area might be more accepting/accommodating of immigrants.
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131870
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United States
Everett
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Here are some posters put on the inside of a business advertising the upcoming pride parade in Everett. Like all things, acceptance can be conditional, and while maybe not intentional, Everett has lots of missed places where additional languages could be displayed, yet fail to be so. The pride poster captures that a little
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131869
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United States
Everett
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A mural advertising a t-shirt printing place. It should be worth noting that "we can make it here" can be interpreted in plenty of different ways. It could be communicating for the t-shirt company and their ability to print, it could also be some sort of ideal that plays towards the American dream. How much immigrants are influenced by the American dream is something I can't personally make comment on, but considering the other signage around downtown Everett, "we" might not have the idea of immigrants in mind.
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131868
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United States
Everett
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The final notable restaurant I could find using not exclusively English in its signage. It's worth noting that unlike the other restaurants, this one had mostly Chinese on the outside for food menu items. This at least says that the person operating the store is familiar enough with the language to have all the items in both English and Chinese, which speaks more to the expectations of restaurants surrounding it then it does the restaurant in question.
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131867
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United States
Everett
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The sign and name of this restaurant is in Thai. Though I don't know how many Thai immigrants are coming through Seattle, clearly they're enough to have a restaurant with a Thai name. It speaks to the conditions of Everett that the only public acknowledgement of immigrants is through restaurant signage, though maybe it offers a lot of success in the world of foreigh dishes.
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131866
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United States
Everett
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An advertisement for a Mexican restaurant. Spanish is only in the name of the restaurant, literally translating to "paradise". All of my observed locations that make the most use of foreign language are restaurants, and knowing that I would be a lot more interested in how immigrants feel about their only signs of recognition in downtown Everett are largely through restaurant signage.
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131865
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United States
Everett
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One of the many foreign food restaurant signs featuring non-english text in downtown Everett. This particular one is for a Japanese ramen restaurant. Whether this does a good job at welcoming or encouraging Asian/Japanese immigrants into the restaurant is debatable, it feels more like a way to feign "authenticity"
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131864
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United States
Everett
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Though this poster outside of a church does most of it's speaking for itself, I wanted to highlight the ways in which this communicates the disposition of the surroudning area. Enough people are interested in going to a church like this that it can maintain itself in a town center. More than any sign, this tells people that, even if immigrants are here, plenty of people want them away.
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131863
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United States
Everett
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One of the many foreign food restaurants dotting downtown Everett. While research would have to be done to prove this to be true, I feel as though the inclusion of Spanish only serves as a way of giving an added layer of "authenticity" to English-speaking customers rather than a way to actually communicate with multi-lingual audiences.
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131859
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United States
Everett
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At first glace, this seems to be Japanese characters due to both the surrounding art of the mural as well as the general curvature and calligraphy of the word. On further inspection though, this simply says "GAK". For East Asian and/or Japanese immigrants, things like this would at the very least be cause for confusion, and for the rest of the non-immigrant population, only serves as a nice aesthetic piece and nothing to promote more "multicultural" attitudes.
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131857
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United States
Everett
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Without any context, something like this would almost be a way to bring in people who want to prolong the efforts that Christopher Columbus set, which communicates how many people in Everett would be interested in coming to something like that. Not only is downtown Everett giving a space that isn't considering immigrants, some of it is seems actively opposed to immigrants.
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131856
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United States
Everett
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Here's another Everett sign expecting most everyone reading it to understand English. I can't help but imagine how immigrants may navigate warning signs if there's not much to communicate to them what should and shouldn't be avoided.
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131855
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Germany
Cologne
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131854
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United States
Everett
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Info sign regarding the expansion of the children's museum in downtown Everett. Lots of the expansion signs in the downtown area seem to be exclusively in English, both saying that the majority of speakers in the area are English, and that there's an expectation that future residents will also only speak English, almost to say they aren't anticipating or expecting immigrants in the area.
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131852
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United States
Everett
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The campus directory of Snohomish county headquarters. Being a governing body, part of me would expect there to be more than just English to supplement more people using the campus courthouse, but only English stands here. Things like this could make even legal access more difficult for immigrants
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131851
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United States
Everett
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an information placard detailing the establishment of a library that's in Everett. The establishment of the building is in part inspired by Andrew Carnegie, a 19th century steel mill executive. Having information that's only English prevents others from enjoying the foundation of this building.
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