Week 9 - Yuanxin Zhang

Yuanxin Zhang
Section A01
Week 09

       In the article Building a Culture of Solidarity: Racial Discourse, Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Social Justice, Professor Santos F. Ramos points out that the hierarchy of oppression tries to assimilate Indigenous people into the dominant culture, but do not truly let them gain autonomy or sovereignty. This indigenous social justice issue is often neglected and people of color are continually oppressed by the hierarchy. Thus, the article shows the importance of building the culture of solidarity and understand the rationality between different communities. In my culture, only a few people dare to fight the hierarchy publicly, so I can understand how Asian people support BLM but not initiate its own protest against the white supremacy. The article also provided me the insight that supporting BLM with improper hashtag might make the Black people to be more targeted group because BLM movement tends to be the most intensive and lasting movement that fight against the white supremacy. In overall, I think this article is informative; it lets me understand the importance of building the culture of solidarity, the complexity of solidarity, and the deceptiveness of some current indigenous social justice.

Question:

How can we practice building the culture of solidarity in the cultural clubs on campus?

Reference:

Ramos, Santon. (2016, April 20). “Building a Culture of Solidarity: Racial Discourse, Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Social Justice.”

[Digital Image]. (n.d). Retrieved from http://www.solidarityau.com.