Inside the Mind of "The Rodfatha," A NarrativeBefore jumping into the Google Hangout Filipino Veteranos lecture with our guest speaker and writer of the thesis, "Negotiations of Legitimacy: The Movement for Filipino American Veteranos' Equity," Professor Mike Rabaja Pedro, Rod warmed up the class by giving us his narrative. Rod explains how he didn't get into Filipino activism until college. Like many of his students, especially Filipina/o-American students in his classes, Rod wouldn't think that Filipinos faced any oppression from the United States prior to attending any Ethnic Studies-related courses. He then delves into the importance of really taking the time to know your history. With that said, he reminisces and narrates how his grandma "took one for the team" in which she married in order to access America for a better life, a concept many of us second-generation kin can sympathize with. He then speaks about how his own family members who fought in WWII haven't got their well-deserved pensions yet and emphasizes the epic-ness of his family members by explaining how they even breathed through bamboo sticks so they wouldn't get caught, and etc. Leaving that in perspective of his students, Rod then answers the question that is: "What is the importance of passing on narratives?"
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