Long Vang

ASA 2

10/2/15

Blog week 2

Soya Jung gives a pretty good point in explaining why Ferguson matters to Asian American.  The riots and protest aren’t just demands for equality in blacks, but for all oppressed races and colors.  Every time I hear news about injustice or riots happening on the east side I never stop to question or relate their fight to me.  Oppression is always present and lately it have been more mainstream, no let me correct myself it has always been mainstream.  The fight to stop the oppression has always been raging, but every generation it seems to take a step back.  For some reasons events like the murder of Mike Brown brings every ounce of oppressed feelings out.  As sad as this is event is, we need sad events like these to occur to make our case stronger and unite mixed race together.  There is this strange event that plays in our head, if not yours then mine, which oppression only exists in Blacks and white.  In media there is a strong understanding of Blacks vs Whites or Whites vs Blacks.  What I find odd is how media doesn’t cover or seem to cover as often other racial oppression that happens to the other oppressed colors.  I was reminded of a recent event that occur where a Muslim boy bring a homemade clock to school and was arrested because people mistaken it for a bomb.  I’m pretty sure it was more of an assumption that because he was a certain race and color he would only build destructive things.  Sometimes I find it hard to believe that any real change has been made in racial differences.  Oppression continues to exist because the hardest thing to do is not change the law, but how to change what one believes.