In this week’s article, Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke, many analogies are made to the themes of the popular films, Star Wars. In the most recent films, Finn, one of the clones, has a sudden realization of the system that he serves in. He realizes that everything that has been taught, trained for, and believed in is all wrong. The things that were drilled into him were meant to oppress him, rather than teach him to think for himself. Finn has his awakening as he defies all that he has been taught. His moment of becoming “woke” is similar to the experience that many students realize when they come to college. Many students are unaware of injustices that happen all around them since they have been living in the comfort of their own home. But when they are put into a new environment with many new things, they begin to see things from a different perspective. One of the most important things that I’ve learned since coming to college is that everyone has a different experience, background, and life before coming to college. I find it kind of crazy that I only really realized this since coming to college. It is crucial that we, as students and the future of the world, use this knowledge and understanding of others’ experiences to shape the future in the direction we want.
What kind of programs can be implemented to teach young people to be aware of social injustices before they head to college?
References
Valverde, C. (n.d.) CONCLUSION. Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke
(n.d.) Woke. Retrieved from https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/The-Other-Side-of-Being-Woke
Image from starwars.com
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