In the documentary film of Richard Aoki and his protests for policies that would harm the asian american community he demonstrated the model minority and how we should speak out against the government when not given our rights. Richard Aoki grew up in the concentration camps of America during World War 2 so he experienced what it was like to have no rights where no one would bat an eye if he was shot. Honestly I think that it’s because of these experiences that he’s able to draw up the courage to protest against the police and be willing to be put in jail. The reason why most Asians are willing to just sit around and do nothing while new policies act out against them is because they have no idea what it’s like to live without the privileges that they do have. In fact this is exactly what the Cambodian refugees felt in Deporting Cambodian Refugees by Soo Ah Kwon. The youths in the reading who did realize how little rights they had were smart enough to find a way to fight against people with authority and managed to create AYPAL to fight deportations. Through these small wins against deportations these victories will pile on continuously to help create the community we live in today. This goes for both Aoki and the AYPAL.
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