Melissa De Guzman
ASA 2 – Section A01
Week 1 Blog
In our past
lecture, our class recently talked about historical amnesia, the tendency to
forget past conquers and allowing history to repeat itself. At first, I was not
sure what events replayed itself through history until I read about the San
Francisco State Strike. This social movement happened in the 1960’s, an age
where Asian Americans were beginning to rise in American culture. Regardless of
ethnicity, a coalition was formed to reconstruct America’s education system to
give more equal opportunities to minorities. I was amazed on how they took
legal action to get their point across, and through it all, they were able
persevere.
This
movement made me think about the pepper-spraying incident that happened at the
University of California Davis. Students came together with a common goal to
disregard the increased tuition fee, and in the end, they were able to get
their voices heard loud and clear. The beauty about history is that people have
paved the path for us to succeed. From hearing what the past has done has me a
firm believer that minorities work better together because our strength is from
our numbers.
Question: What other movements had similar stories
throughout history?
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