Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Reflection on Lecture 9-29
The other day in lecture, Professor Cotera was talking about all the different movements and organizations ( Young Lords, Black Panthers, etc) and it made me realize the drastic differences between generations. Back then, people joined together and fought for a cause. They proudly united in their culture and ancestry displaying it to the rest of society whereas today there is a good portion of people out there who know nothing about their ancestry or the culture/traditions that they come from. People today are too busy looking out for themselves and themselves only. Everyone is too power and money hungry and they fail to realize most of the opportunities that we have today wouldn't exist without the struggles back then. Those people were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to bring about change and we can't even give up one day of work in order to volunteer or support an organization. I have deep respect for all those who made sacrifices in order to make our country what it is today.
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I completely agree with you and was having the same thoughts during lecture - I was almost wishing that some sort of extreme radical group would start here at Michigan so I would have the chance to fight strongly for something I truly believe in. Hearing about these people uniting and rebelling made me strongly desire that sense of accomplishment and pride that could be seen so easily on former members' faces when they were being interviewed.
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