#scholorstrike for racial justices

saamia siddiqui
2 min readSep 13, 2020

When discussed around a mass group of people, controversial topics are always more difficult to talk about especially considering things could get out of hand quite easily. After reading the article claiming universities and college courses aren't engaging enough into worldly events as much as they should, brought a great deal of attention to the media. I believe there is the right place and time for everything and college courses should engage in this to show the support the movements need. The beginning of the scholar strike was simply a movement done by the NBA to boycott games, to show support and advocacy for the racial and social injustices that have been going around us today with the BLM movement. This spoke out to the two-day action where professors, staff members, and administrators take the time out and talk about the events and engage in the topics of racism in America. This to me was one of the most important actions universities could take, especially what has been going on in the world today. The things that stood out to me the most are one, how many of these professors actually came out to support, and two, how much attention this has brought in the social media. I learned that it doesn't matter if you have a strong platform or not, a simple tweet or conversation could strike up any movements or make any impacts. All of these teach-ins have brought some kind of impact, especially connecting the modern-day events to history itself. For instance, the simple spread of knowledge could also extend to the world religion of respecting not only race, but religion, and cultures and traditions of the indigenous folks. This goes to show, you are simply educated in the matter, and not fighting out of ignorance, and however little you may think you are, it’s the large impact you make behind it.

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