Critical Reading Journal: Resistance

     In the reading "Weapons of the Weak" by James Scott, the author mainly discusses 

the concept of how peasant rebellion is more effective in situations where the actions 

of resistance are subtle rather than large and public. Given events that have happened 

in my lifetime, for example the Black Lives Matter Movement, I believe that large 

and public revolts have a larger impact and are able to spread the massage of the 

movement more efficiently with the help of videos, pictures, and advocate accounts 

of the movement on social media. 

     In "Race Rebels" by Robin Kelley, she mentions that the history of resistance of 

the black working class does not included the story of those who did not rely on aid

from or were not involved in the movements or associations. Kelley points out these 

stories are crucial to the history of resistance and need to be included. I thought this 

statement was very eye-opening because I agree that the history of resistance is 

incomplete without the stories of those who did not rely on the organizations or were

not involved in the movements. I believe this statement is true for all histories of all

the minority groups.