"Nothing Is More Important than Thinking Dialectically"

Kevin Matsui

9/30/15

Blog: Week 1

Grace Lee Boggs’s article, “Nothing Is More Important than Thinking Dialectically,” informs the reader of minority movement struggles, Asian Americans in particular. These struggles result in a need for development and a movement of change.  In the article, Boggs mentions how public education has become outdated and how there is need for community-based, socially responsible education.  But how can we make this change? And how realistic is the alternative this plan for change requires? The article really does not go into depth into the actions required to solve this reoccurring problem in the education system. It also does not clearly explain how these actions will build a sustainable community and global citizenship that is desired. The article mentioned strategies “war of movement” vs “war of position” and their differences in tactics to construct power necessary to start a movement.  While throughout her article, Boggs seemed to be emphasizing the need for community-based relationships and construction of power from below, all ideas seemed very unrealistic, leaving me as an Asian American reader unaffected and unchanged. It is not that I do not agree with the points that were made, but that it was presented in an ineffective manner.