i'm not sure why i am who i am
i think it does have something to do
with the fact that i was born female and
born chinese grace lee boggs was one of
the nation's oldest human rights
activists let me make a challenge to you
okay how are we going to create a new
vision for this country she worked on
creating better community and world for
over 70 years i think we have to get to
that point that we are the leaders we've
been looking for
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there's a big stereotype that api will
be very soft spoken and they won't ask
for help or they won't try to make
change or anything
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i wanted to combat that and see others
who had combated that in the past and
she came up almost immediately
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generally you see people fighting about
things that might affect them but it's
it's really inspiring to see someone
fighting for another community or
fighting for other people who might not
have the same rights as them
one of the difficulties when you're
coming out of oppression and out of a
bitter path
is that you get a concept of the messiah
and you expect too much
from your leaders
and i think we have to get to that point
that we are the leaders we've been
looking for
i know that youth definitely have a lot
of power to create change
and i definitely wanted to provide more
of a space for youth to grow and find
their voices and she definitely wanted
that
i heard about certain events in the news
um and different attacks against api
elders
i have saddened fire elders being
attacked
i am saddened by what has happened in
atlanta
and i am saddened by all the communities
of color that are affected by racism
my family member was coughed up just
walking down the street and that was
really personal to me and it was just a
few houses down from my own so it was
very sort of like all this is going to
happen to my community members too and
this will happen to my family if i don't
do something about it
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we definitely took away
that youth could definitely have a big
impact on the world
let me make a challenge to you okay
with people of color becoming the new
american majority
in many parts of the country
how are we going to create a new vision
for this country
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when they can see themselves making a
difference they also become different
that has to be part
an integral part of the process of
revolution
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there's sometimes a mentality brought
across by either the american people or
historically the american government
that aapi will always be a foreign group
in america which is definitely not good
for anyone especially youth that
mentality and that mindset can be
perpetuated by
not hearing about aapi within history
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ethnic studies is really important
because although it has now become a
very politicized issue it really just
means that everyone's histories are
represented and all of america's events
good or bad
are all represented because if you don't
learn your history then you are doomed
to repeat said history so that probably
means a few bad things in there that i
don't think we want to happen again so
um
yeah
a lot of people are like don't question
america that's not that's not patriotism
that is brainwashing i am so sorry but
you need to question anything in any
facets of your life because if you don't
then you will accept horrible truths
about the world that aren't true or that
they're really bad so
keep questioning and i really like that
mentality that she had
how are we going to create a new vision
for this country
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