The professor said...

So today in my Ethnic Studies 220 class I overheard my TA’s talking. Kind a rude but whatever I was sitting right next to them so I couldn’t help it. Anyway, one of them was telling the other about his professor and the appalling things he had to say about Asian Americans. Basically he said things close to “Asian Americans made their own problems and just have to deal with them, Ethnic Studies classes are a waste of time, bla bla…”. He said some other stupid things that I can’t remember but it just got me mad. Before college I never learned about my Filipino history and now that I’ve gotten some knowledge on not only Filipino history but about other Asian and Asian American struggles and resistance I feel more comfortable in my own skin because I’m aware of this important history that many Asian Americans are uninformed of. Those people don’t bother me because most don’t get a chance to learn such important issues after high school because in public schools we only learn about American history. Anyway, today I was just really upset because these ignorant statements came from a college professor. Now I’ve already realized that people have the right to think what they want but what this professor said really made me mad where I don’t have too much to say. I just hate ignorant people.

-ashley