Lanchi Nguyen

September 29, 2015

Section A01

Week 1 Blog

After reading the article called “Nothing is more important than thinking dialectically” by Grace Lee Boggs, I have come to realize that Asian minorities and other minority groups should start fighting for their own identities. In order to prepare for the growth of Asian Americans in the Western countries, we need to think dialectically by understanding that movement struggles in the present or future are not built upon movement struggles in the past. We need to create our own movements. I believe in the “war of position” method that calls for new kinds of revolutionary movement formed by the power of the people to create new relationships and transform our community and ourselves. As an Asian living in America, I can relate to the struggles of other Asian Americans who are simply living in anguish and frustration. Many questions can be raised from this article; one example is how can we, as Asian Americans, start our own revolutionary movement when we have no power to do so? And what steps should be taken in order to practice a community-based education?