EMPOWERMENT

FIRST- let me thank the ENITIRE class of ETHS 210. I feel like we are such a tighter class now that the last thursday "STRIKE" performance happened out in Cesar Chavez Quad. The whole performance was powerful. And really i didnt expect the entire class to chant! whaaat!!! HAHA whether people were on their way to class or not --we made a damn good statement to SFSU. The visuals - speeches - and responses from our audience were well brought together. But, as a few of the members of Team United mentioned...we expected a more powerful response from the Asian American students on campus, but instead we were purposely avoided a lot of the time. As I observed the next group go up after us I passed out flyers and watched the people who stood behind our class to watch. I noticed the AA folks walked right by and pretended not to see the flyer being handed to them. Other than that I saw a pretty diverse group standing around to watch. The feeling of standing up for something that we beleive in is one thing, but doing something about it is another, and the demonstration that we all did on Thursday was a perfect example that the "coming together" of a large group of people who all beleive in one thing is POSSIBLE. Not only our group, but the ENTIRE class fullfilled EDUTAINMENT requirements on the midterm....power to Ethnic Studies.