Julie Le
Week 4
ASA002 A01
October 11, 2015
It’s interesting how a school with so much
hystory within social justice issues and other campuses react when it comes to
the Occupy Movements. While Berkeley, a school with an extensive hystory
regarding social justice issues reacts to the Occupy movement by making its campus
more affordable for middle class families, Davis’ main concern was the cleanup
session after the movement. This shows how much of a priority our schools make
us and our needs as students coming from low income backgrounds. From the
perspective of a student coming from a low socioeconomic background this makes
me feel like I’m not a priority and the school doesn’t care for my wellbeing
and needs. This makes me wonder if the issue lies within the students for not
pushing hard enough or not being around enough to fight for student rights and
student needs or if the school is insensitive and the fault is in the system or
if it’s a combination of the two. I believe that as a student we have the
rights to raise our voice against the systematic oppression being pushed onto
us. It’s our responsibility to fight against these injustices to get what we
deserve as students.
Question: How can we get to where Berkeley is
now in terms of social justice and school involvement? How can someone be so
insensitive as to worry more about a cleanup session rather than their students’
struggles for higher education? Who are we serving if our main concern is the
cleanup rather than the movement itself?
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