Week 3 "Race Rebels" and "Weapons of the Week"

Week 3 "Race Rebels" and "Weapons of the Week"

I never saw resistance as everyday form. “Everyday forms of resistance make no headlines.” Because every day form of resistance didn’t make headlines, people like me never bother to see it as an everyday form. I was trying to think of some example from my personal background of resistance and I thought of how the Hmong people turned against each other during the Vietnam War. Some Hmong people were recruited and trained by the CIA to fight in the war while some decided to fight with North Vietnam. In the other article by Kelly, I feel like this is still active in today's modern society. Kelly talked about the observations and experience where McDonald's workers would make too many Quarter Pounders and apple pies so they can take them home. Many of these workers are under paid and don't make enough to support themselves. From my own experience, my brother use to work at Panda Express and he would be in the kitchen making food and stay late cleaning. My brother would get back pain from having to cook large portion of chowmein or fry rice and mixing them in a large pan. He would stay pass midnight mopping, cleaning, and washing the dishes. He was paid minimum wage and over time but that was not enough to pay the bills at home and support himself. Even though my brother was not allow too, he brought home the left over food at the end of the day to eat. Having to see my brother do this, I believe people still struggle everyday and have to do different form resistance to survive.  

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