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7/5/17

One possible way to approach racist comments



An interesting way to approach racist comments. Engaging in a conversation and asking them why they said it is helpful in making the other person reevaluate their choices. However, only do it when you know you're not going to get hurt (or in some cases, killed.)
No one really learns anything if they aren't taught why what they're doing is wrong.
~ Stacy N.
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7/4/17

Forth of July

Here you go, enjoy a series of videos, while I go into the background and think about what freedom really is, the cost of said freedom, and the millions of people who have been affected by the choices that make up the United States today (Native Americans and blacks in particular.)

Listening to this makes me wonder about the term "honorary white," some Asian American privileges that I have, and my role in the complicated race relations of the U.S.






~ Stacy N.
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7/2/17

Currently...

Photo by Jimmy Chang
Instead of reflecting on what June bought me, I'm going to focus on the now, like right now. So without further ado, let's get started.

Listening:
To Vietnamese music in the background and the sound of distant fireworks. Earlier, I listened to all the Hamilton music that is available (including the workshop version.)

Reading:
Other than what I'm typing out, I'm currently reading Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando. It's a cute summer read, and it's making me reflect a bit on the summer before I started college, which is nice and kind of sad. Last night, I finished Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's an amazing memoir that makes you think a lot about anti-black racism in the United States, and how it's still continuing on today. Eventually, I'll write a longer post about the book once I gather my thoughts after reading the intensity of that.

Watching:
Nothing at the moment, other than a lot of Youtube videos, which I guess counts. Currently, I'm enjoying season two of Love @First Night, which is adorable and funny and dramatic and diverse in all the right ways.

Dreaming:
Who knows what. Ever since I got back from Seattle, my dreams have been disappearing on me like a magician's smoke. But honestly, I've been dreaming of a brighter future where the world isn't problematic as it is now. But the pessimistic/realist side of me says that that won't happen because it seems that humans have a tendency to hate each other for some little thing and then build a system around that idea. After all, history tends to repeat itself.

And now the weather:
Papercut by Zedd ft. Troye Sivan
~ Stacy N.
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7/1/17

Part one.

Photo by Griffin Keller
His heart has never been the clearest when it came to figuring out what he wanted.
Especially when it concerned Finn.

And now the weather:
~ Stacy N.
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