we should just watch films instead of reading takaki. i mean it's been really beneficial to have the numbers and the theory to take us down the path to building a better understanding of asian american history, but watching picture bride was exactly chap 4 and more. the film brilliantly depicted true to life histories- well almost word for word what takaki was writing about-and gave them a life that was missing in the almost 40 pages of description, statistics and personal voice that takaki outlines in his history. which makes me think that film component is tres necessary for our asian american history month project, bring to light and to life the stories of the people written out of the american history.
i really cant focus on anything too profound that i noticed in the readings at the moment, mostly because they all follow the same line that i've been talking for a while now. money sucks, exploitation sucks, capitalism sucks, white people suck. why does everything i read need to constantly remind me that the things/people/truths that make the world go round are depressing as fuck. shit, asshole.
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