Blog 1 "Nothing is more important than thinking dialectically"

Wen Gao

Section A03

9/30/15

In “Nothing is more important than thinking dialectically”, Grace Lee Boggs states that people should always be progressive to social movements as time goes by. The history that how Asian American fought for equality should be remembered. And nowadays, Asian American have made great developments in several fields such as politics, media, and economy. These lead to challenges to Americans. How do we deal with this situation? Boggs claims that it is important to thinking dialectically because what we had done in the past may not be suitable for present or future. Boggs also gives several examples of movements or revolutions, such as Zapatista, which is describes as a “war of position” by Zamora. I agree with her ideas. Asian Americans should make changes to their strategies about communities or policies to go through the tests of updated social problems and global movements. Few of us can imagine what will happen in the future and people need to be prepared and eliminate obsolete thoughts.

Question: Previous experience can also give us suggestions about what should do. Should we think dialectically and make changes all the time?