To impose something on an unwilling group in an underhanded way. A related but slightly different meaning is to pass something off as valuable. This is best exemplified by someone saying "Nooice" when the thing is not, in fact, "nooice."
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We'll let photographer Landon Nordeman explain this terrific set of photos:
These photographs were made at Northwestern High School, one of only two remaining high schools in the city of Flint. At this highly anticipated event, as Canepari explains in his project, “There are simultaneous issues at play: a celebration of the student body’s incredible sense of swagger and style, and underneath, the very serious problems affecting these high school students. Flint has suffered without clean water for more than 1,000 days. Graduating seniors are affected by the circumstances that come with generational poverty and a lack of resources; the city has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. As such, the students from Northwestern High School are proud and strong—but also have undeniable odds stacked against them.”
You can see more photos over at Lens Culture.
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