image taken from quotes.lifehack.org What is the meaning of this quote? We started off todays lesson by reading this quote up above by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the class analyzed what the quote meant, we came into conclusion that people will never truly be free and that we will always have to fight for our own freedom. Kimberley then identified the act of coercing. To coerce is to forcefully obligate an individual to do something out of their own desire through intimidation. With this being said, freedom isn't really free unless it is fought for. San Francisco State College Strike Kim and Jeremy then explained the Third World Student Strike. In 1968, the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) opposed the administration on racial discrimination towards students and teachers due to their ethnicity. With San Francisco being so diverse, they questioned their education and what they were being taught in class. The students wanted to go beyond the traditional teachings and develop a class focusing on ethnic studies. From the beginning,The California Master Plan of Education never really acknowledged students for their full potential. Instead it was made to structure colleges and categorize students. Jeremy justified that due to standardized testing, students were being tracked down and be viewed or classified by their income. From there, colleges were predicted for them. For instance: COMMUNITY COLLEGE -------- focuses on vocational education CSU ------------------------ focuses on management UC ---------------------------------- focuses on high end education Barangay Activity: As we split into our barangays we were given a timeline based on the San Francisco State Student Strike of 1968. Starting from May 1967 until March 1969, our barangays had to put the events in chronological order. Many ethnic communities such as the Black, Latino, and Filipino communities heavily participated in this strike. They demanded the equity of high education as well as a more diverse teachers to help open the doors to ethnic studies. With the strike lasting about five months, administration re-hired/hired faculty and established ethnic courses.
-Abby Manalac
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