Name That Opp
Certain people within this industry caused setbacks for the TWLF by portraying them as overly radical, too young, and inexperienced?
What is the media?
This group was one of the most influential Black power organizations at the time and an ally to the TWLF movement
What is Black Panther Party?
What was the main purpose, consequent impact, of the TWLF strikes?
What is the creation of a school of Ethnic Studies?
Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group
What is solidarity?
This act provided financial assistance for postsecondary and higher education, increasing the numbers of colored students enrolling in traditionally white colleges
What is the Higher Education Act?
Who was the Governor for California at this time and spoke against the TWLF (Hint: He became president in 1981)
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This student group led the TWLF efforts at San Francisco State
What is the Black Students Union?
Name one of the tactics used by the TWLF
What is rallies, campus sit-ins, class boycotts, building occupations
The interdisciplinary study of difference, most prominently race, ethnicity, and nation (challenging white overrepresentation and eurocentrism), as well as power, expressed by the state, by civil society, and by individuals.
What is Ethnic Studies?
What are our names and what schools do we go to?
Matthew - UIUC; Maxine - Barnard College; Katrina - LPHS
This opp was famous for getting on a truck and ripping out the wires of demonstrators' loudspeakers
Who is President Hayakawa of SFSU?
These two UC Berkeley students created the term “Asian American,” after wanting to organize all the different groups of Asian descent under one umbrella, for political purposes
Who are Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee?
This Illinois legislation requires that every public elementary and high school student in Illinois learns about the contributions of Asian Americans to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States.
What is the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act?
Willfully breaking the law, or refusing to comply with a law, as a form of political protest, in order to challenge systemic injustice and advocate for change
What is Civil Disobedience?
Say a fun fact you learned about the Third World Liberation Movement!
What is [fun fact student said].
Name at least 3 armed forces that gained campus control and beat, teargassed, arrested students and more
What is San Francisco Police Department, Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Berkeley Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and National Guard?
This is a national teacher's labor union. Local California branches of this organization allied and demonstrated with the Third World Liberation Front.
What is the American Federation of Teachers?
What was established because of the 1968 SFSU Protest?
What is College of Ethnic Studies?
The belief that race is a fixed, inherent, and biologically determined characteristic that dictates an individual's traits, behaviors, and abilities.
What is Racial Essentialism?
This derogatory term was used to refer to all people of Asian descent before the usage of "Asian American."
What is Oriental?
This federal law established a national origins quota system. It completely blocked immigration from Asia to the US. These quotas were eventually modified in subsequent immigration acts, including the Hart-Celler act of 1965.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924/Johnson-Reed Act?
Name the 4 racial student coalitions that banded together at Berkley
What is the Afro-American Student Union (AASU), The Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA), The Mexican American Student Confederation (MASC), and The Native American Student Alliance (NASA)?
As a result of changing its White dominant teaching curriculum, the San Francisco State College offered the nation's first ever College of Ethnic Studies as well as the nation's first ___?
What is the nation’s first black studies program
A political tactic where minority or marginalized groups temporarily adopt a shared identity in order to unify and represent themselves, despite recognizing the constructed nature of that identity e.g. "Asian American" during the Third World Liberation Movement
What is Strategic Essentialism?
How long did each strike last?
What is 5 months and 3 months?