https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9 The relationship between education, risk, and the freedom struggle en-us 2021-11-28 19:43:36 UTC 2024-07-14 18:21:31 UTC hello@padlet.com tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1916580584 Shortly after gaining independence from the French in 1945, the Vietnamese government identified three major threats to the country's stability and development: colonial powers, famine, and illiteracy. In the first-ever congress, Ho Chi Minh stressed the importance of erasing illiteracy (estimated at 98% among Vietnamese at the time) as a quintessential tool to combat and undo colonial legacy. "We must fight illiteracy because the French used obscurantism to rule us. [...] A stupid race is a weak race." (Ho Chi Minh, 1945)]]> 2021-11-28 20:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1916580584 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929171861 "For Black people, the question of education at the threat of death has already been answered, and the question is not one of how to learn in relative safety, the question is: What is an education worth dying for?"]]> 2021-12-05 03:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929171861 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929176599 It has never been easy to be an Asian in the US. Asian discrimination can be traced back to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, and like discrimination against every community of color in this country, has never gone away. The covid-19 pandemic, which started in China, significantly escalated and brought to the surface the hate crime against Asian and Asian Americans. The "model minority" has spoken up and stood up against these hate crimes. But as an outsider, having always been treated as a "non-resident alien", is it worth it for me to join the collective struggle? Covid-19 taught me what it's like to feel unsafe and guilty for something you cannot change: the color of your skin.

I am convicted. If you are not white, you are too.]]> 2021-12-05 03:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929176599 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929191865 I'm usually reminded by my parents that I am the first Vietnamese generation to be born into a society with neither war nor economic sanctions, to which translates "privileged". This song "Dad's Hanoi" is about that Vietnamese generation that grew up during the 2 Wars where the "sound of bombs ran in the background of teachers' lectures". Compared to that of my parents and grandparents, my educational experience has been a remarkably peaceful one.]]> 2021-12-05 04:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929191865 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929210808 It is ironic to reflect and realize that the biggest risk associated with my education is my choice to study abroad in the US. The homicide rate in the US was 7.5 times higher than the homicide rate in the other high-income countries combined (Grinshteyn et al, 2019). According to World Population Review, when I left Vietnam to study in the US, I am increasing my likelihood of being murdered by 400%. That's a huge part of the narrative that the American media is omitting.]]> 2021-12-05 04:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929210808 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929224174 1 year after that address, 75,000 "night classes" had been founded by grassroots communities, employing 95,000 teachers, 2.5 million Vietnamese had learned how to read and write. 7 years later, that number is over 10 million.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20071030022640/http://www.nhandan.com.vn/tinbai/?top=41&sub=74&article=105511]]> 2021-12-05 05:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929224174 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929225234 According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, literacy rates among Black Americans rose from 20 percent in 1870 to 70 percent in 1910. If there's one thing that Vietnamese and Black Americans shared during these periods, it is the freedom struggle expressed through education, or rather, the ownership of one's education.

I want to draw parallels between the education of slaves and the education of the Vietnamese during the two wars against Western colonial powers because both exhibit huge levels of risk.]]> 2021-12-05 05:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929225234 tungnqmospace https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929761261 2021-12-05 17:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tungnqmospace/mrzad4102txcckb9/wish/1929761261