2021-2022

Welcome to American History Through Our Eyes where we discuss the Latino, Hispanic, Indigenous and Asian American Pacific Islander communities. I'm the host, Theresa Akuffo. And with me is Pearl Kalungi. Today we'll be talking about three minority communities and their shared oppression from a common oppressor. So to begin this podcast, we'll start with the Latino community. When the Latino diaspora began and they became a part of American society, they had many contributions and triumphs in the Northern American continent, yet they were still greatly oppressed and treated unequally. Their experiences of trying to navigate their way through America since the beginning has never been easy. In 1968, some schools in East La where the majority of people of Hispanic background have walkouts because they wanted to be seen. They wanted to stop being treated as non-citizens. Now we go into the Indigenous community. Just as the Latino community struggled with in this country, Indigenous communities face the same oppressors. They had their land stolen from them. They were attacked and brutally have their culture stripped from them. If they did not have the courage to fight back and advocate for their rights, the results would have been traumatic. People in their business groups began to take leadership roles. One of these people was Tecumseh. Tecumseh’s goal was to get his people to fight for their own land, to take back what's theirs. The Cherokee Nation tried to negotiate a resolution with the President Andrew Jackson, but the negotiations fall apart quickly. Now we will discuss the Asian Pacific Islander community. Many Asian American Pacific Islanders were segregated and incarcerated in camps during World War II. Japanese Americans are treated as enemies and branded a non-alien. When they were eager to fight for a country, they sought to be their own. Even as their advances were shot down, they again violated and she had to bravely fight for a country which did not care for them. The Chinese Exclusion Act forced Chinese immigrants who wanted to become citizens in America. They had, but they had a system called paper sons and daughters. Paper sons and daughters is a term used to refer to Chinese people who immigrated to the United States illegally and purchased documents from their Chinese immigrants who already see their citizenships. People in this community made many contributions to America, yet they were still hit with oppression and racism. Just like the other two communities we mentioned earlier. The three communities have what the three communities have in common is their experience in America. All three communities have faced racism and oppression. I feel like if the common oppressors of the three communities we spoke about today face their fears of others earlier on, a lot of problems we have now might have been avoided. Minority groups have always had to fight for their place on the table, even when they built the table from scratch. What the three communities we discussed today have in common is injustice and depression. That's all for this episode. Thanks for listening. 

 Welcome to American History Through our Eyes. I'm your host Ariana Cruz. And on this episode, we'll be discussing the history of discrimination towards the black, Latino and LGBTQ+ communities over the decades. The black community is one of the main communities to experience discrimination till the day because of the color of their skin. In 1966, in attempt to put an end to being treated none other than equal. The Black Panther Party created a ten-point program plan that addressed what the Black party wants in American society. One of the points they stated was we want justice. We want an immediate inter-political culture and sexist oppression of all oppressed peoples all over the world, particularly their oppression of black people. That is just a piece of point too, but I really wanted to share lay on that part because it is something that the black community is still experiencing today. Discrimination towards the black community is still very much occurring in today. In 2020, Ahmed Arbury was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging as well. On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York at a supermarket. Ten people were killed, all of whom were black. From Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and more, the Latino race, the Latino community is another community that experiences discrimination. Let's take a look back on the Pete Hernandez case. In 1954, the Supreme Court was upset because of the murder conviction of a Mexican because no Latin Americans served on the Texas jury which tried him. Texas acts the court to reject the appeal by Hernandez. The state said that Mexicans are not a separate race and that the jury was composed of white men. As you can see, the discrimination dates all the way back to decades ago. Like the Black community, the Latino community created a 13-point program in 1968. The 13-point program expresses the demand of freedom for all oppressed people such as Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and Third World people. One of the points says no Puerto Rican is free to all people are free. Last but not least, let's talk about the LGBTQ+ community. Although they are not discriminated because of their race, they do face discrimination because of who they are. Let me remind you that discrimination is the unjust or prejudiced treatment of different categories of people or things. The discrimination towards this community dates all the way back to the 1950s. The Lavender Scare was a persecution of anyone who was gay, who was gay, bisexual or trans, anyone who was find gay. They were fired in 1994. Discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell law was passed for 17 years. The law prohibited qualified gays, lesbians and bisexuals from serving in the military. In 2011, the law was repealed. As you can see, the discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community is something that has been happening for decades and although discrimination towards the community has progressed and better become better, it is still very much happening. All these communities have experienced and are still experiencing this discrimination and there are so many more communities experiencing this. Let's put an end to them. Throughout this course of American History Through our Eyes, I have learned that the different communities in the United States and the challenges and difficulties they each have faced, which I fail to mention in textbooks. History is so much more than what is taught in textbooks. It is the history and experiences of others who have lived through the experiences to tell. That's all for this episode. Thank you for listening. 

 Welcome to American history through our eyes. I am your host Natalia Kula. On this episode, I will be discussing what I learned about the experience of the Hispanic American, Indigenous and the LGBTQ+ community. I will start by talking about the Hispanic American. I learned about what Hispanic immigrants go through for a better life. With the story of Norma Guevara, her life was extremely different in the US and her homeland safety, culture and even the people compared to her peaceful, cheerful homeland. She even explained how she does not enjoy playing outside due to her dangerous neighbors. When Norma was traveling to the United States, everyone was crying and when people told her grandma. Her grandmother crying and lamenting because she was such a good person and a good child to have. Also, the Mexican American were treated as foreigners in their own lives and face discrimination. Manifest Destiny pushes the United States West into the Mexican territory. Secondly, I will be talking about the Indigenous community. I learned about the Indigenous community and the impact of being discriminated and also learning even more vulnerable to violence because in the Indigenous community, face discrimination. For example, the Cherokee nation in Georgia passed a series of acts taking away the right of Cherokee residing within the state, including Cherokee removal from the land and the state wanted. The Cherokee argued that Georgia did not have a jurisdiction, judiciary or authority to this thing. Since the Cherokee Nation was sovereign and protected under the treaty with the United States. The Cherokee first tried to negotiate a resolution with the President Andrew Jackson. When the negotiations fell apart quickly under the leadership of Principal Chief John Rose, the Cherokee nation sought an injunction or other to stop what the state of Georgia was doing from the US Supreme Court. Thirdly, I'll be talking about the LGBTQ+ community. I learned about the Lavender schedule when after the LGBTQ plus community during the 1950s, this when anyone identified as being a member of the LGBTQ community was fired from their job. It lasted for decades. I learned from a guest speaker Deb Fowler that there is a history on a race training for elementary and secondary teachers to teach students about the LGBTQ community history. In my last opinion and finding out all three communities faced discrimination. All they wanted to be accepted in the community, have to freedom of speech, and to be treated equally. It is important to learn what all the communities went through. Thank you all for listening. 

 Welcome to American History Through Our Eyes, where we will discuss how my perspective on American History has changed throughout the school year. I'm Sarah Azevedo, and today we'll be focusing on the erasure of important women in our society. As a Latino woman, I believe our history deserves to be shared all around. No matter if it was positive or if it was negative, our efforts for a better life here in America deserve to be shared. Lolita LeBron is a prime example of Latino history. Although violent being erased. Lolita was a Puerto Rican immigrant who migrated to the US in 1940. After facing discrimination not just by her society, but by the workforce, she became an activist and carried out an armed attack against the United States Congress. In 1954. She shouted "Viva Puerto Rico Libre", a nod to the efforts to liberate Puerto Rico before opening fire. Ultimately, five members of the House were injured and Lolita was arrested. The problem with this is we are only acknowledged when violence is involved. It opens people's eyes to our struggles and the why of our actions. Lolita's final push for independence was a shout to how let down and oppressed her people were after being promised a better future. For so long, I've taken two years of American History classes that involve civics and diversity, but I've only heard of Lolita once. One time, nothing more, nothing about the other efforts of her advocacy. One of the most popular pushes for equality in our history has been the efforts of the Black community. Their restlessness in terms of their fight for civil freedom is an inspiration to many. Their determination ages back to even the time of the American Revolution. Elizabeth Freeman, better known as Mumbett, was one of the first black women in our history to push for the liberation of slavery. Mumbett is described as a woman who cannot read or write, but to quote, "yet in her own sphere, she had no superior nor equal" and who, after hearing the Declaration of Independence, she showed up to her local lawyer's office and demanded to know, "I am not a dumb critter. Won't the law give me my freedom?" Mumbett, with the help of Theodore Sedgwick, sued the state of Massachusetts for her freedom and she won. My question is, if a black woman who lived 30 years as a slave sued her state and won. Why don't we hear about it in any of our classes or reference her as an advocate in the fight for black rights? One thing I find kind of funny is how recent our society has opened doors for the LGBTQ+ community when people like Deborah Gannett have been pushing for their rights similar to the black community. Since the American Revolution, Deborah Gannett served in the Massachusetts Regiment and was honorably discharged after being wounded. For a little more context. Deborah dressed up as a man to serve in the American Revolution. After being wounded, she was discharged and sent back home. She filed for compensation and was denied. All because she wasn't really a man. After Paul Revere vouched for her, she received compensation. She served in the US military, bravely risked her life, went undercover. And to receive compensation, she had to get a voucher from Paul Revere. How stupid does that sound? 3s She serves, so why not just immediately compensate her. And why are all these women only being mentioned in this class like this is the first time I'm hearing of Lolita, Mumbett, and Deborah Gannett. Where have they been in terms of my education? Overall, I've learned many things from this course and will be forever thankful that this is offered at LHS and that I was able to take it. But to me, the most important lesson I've learned is that we cannot allow history to erase us. Whether we are women, men, nonbinary, white, or person of color, all of our stories deserve to be heard, and all of our voices deserve to be heard as well. We have worked way too hard for our efforts to only be acknowledged. Twelve years into the educational career of a student, another figure that I believe was erased from our history is Pauli Murray. I'm going to be referring to Pauli as they them or well, with they them pronouns because Pauli's pronouns were never specified during their life. Pauli Murray was a total fighter. A lawyer, a teacher, and even a priest. Why now? I'm wondering why now? As an 18 year old, am I only hearing about their story? Maybe the educational system doesn't know how to implement their names into content. Here's my suggestion. Make new classes, offer new content. Expand on what we learn. That's my take. To quote Macklemore. Yes. Ironically. To quote Macklemore, "you die twice. Once when they bury you in a grave. And a second time is the last time that somebody mentions your name." The names of people who change our society needs to be heard, and they don't deserve to die. That's all for this episode. Thanks for listening. And remember, history is what we make it. We have to talk about all of these things because they're important. Thank you. 

Welcome to American History Through our Eyes! I'm your host, Vanessa. This is my cohost Chantal. Today we'll be talking about three different communities, the Black, Asian, and the LGBTQ community. We will be talking about how these three communities were and are still being discriminated. There might be three different communities, but they have all been treated the same. They have all been treated like they're not part of this country. These communities have always and is still fighting for equal rights. To start with, we will be talking about the black communities. The black community has always been discriminated. They have always seen a second-class citizen in a country that they have helped build. Black people have been lynched. So many protests have been done and nothing has been no justice has been given for black people. Black people get killed every day by the police. Nothing has been done. Next, we will be moving to the LGBTQ+ community. The LGBTQ community was treated badly. Some of the people in the community were treated against their will. They use being gay against them somewhat discharged for being gay. If you are in the military and you're gay, they'll discharge you and then call home and ruin your image. LGBTQ people surface widespread discrimination. Next, we're going to be talking about the Asian community for the Asian communities. The Chinese people helped build the railroads. They didn't get recognized until 2015. Asians were sent to jail just because of the color of their skin. They have failed to get their freedom, but until now, they are sealed been discriminated and I've been treated like they're not part of this country. This is all for today. Thank you. That's the end, guys. Thank you for listening. See ya. 

Welcome to American History Through our Eyes. We're your host Eliany and Jailynn. On this episode we'll be talking about the history of injustice within the Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ community. On going issue within the black community is racial disparities. Racial disparities is defined as existing in the criminal justice system when the proportion of a racial or ethnic group within the control of the system greater than the proportion of such groups in the general population. This issue has been an ongoing issue in the black community for a very long time. This community has experienced many injustices from the criminal justice system amongst being wrongfully accused of crimes which caused many to be given wrongful sentences or even in many past cases death sentences for crimes that they didn't commit. This has been the main community being targeted by police and the criminal justice system due to the biases and disadvantages the community has compared to the dominant culture. One of these disadvantages being in public health, the economy, the environment, access to food, clean air and water affects people's health. The black community has much higher poverty rate than that of the dominant culture which ties into why this community experiences so many more injustices. The second community we're going to be discussing today is the Indigenous community. We're going to be talking about how stolen history is experienced in both the black and Indigenous community. A quote by Ruby Nell Sales, is "when you make yourself the good guy in history and black people the villain and you eradicate our place in history, then you've also stolen history." While this quote is only mentioning the black community, the same can be said for the Indigenous community. People in the Indigenous community were named as savages and wild people who needed to be tamed. There were many acts and rules out in place to discourage and put down the Indigenous community. Many of these acts also made it so that the community had to give up the land that rightfully belong to them. White people would put this community into such great debts that the only way they could be paid off was by giving up their land. Only recently has small portions of their land been returned to them. Last but not least, we will discuss the brave lady by the name of Deborah Sampsom who challenged gender standards with no shame at all. She served as a private soldier under the name of Robert Shurtleff in the war Revolution. Even when they found out her true quote identity, she still requested a pension for her service and still was proud of all the hard work that was accomplished, even though people see it as a male act. And to me this is legendary. In class, we also had a guest speaker by the name of Deb Fowler who educated me and my peers about history that is nearly erased for this community. She spoke about a powerful woman by the name of Pauli Murray who was openly honest about her sexuality. After soaking up all this information, I feel that the United States of America needs to educate the people, citizens and children about the history of LGBTQ plus community. It should not be a debate on whether things are appropriate to speak on or not. It should be a must to educate the youth in this community. With that being said, the people of this community will feel safer being who they are and more accepted and it's about time we truly live by the 14th Amendment. People should be able to be who they are, love who they want, and most importantly, seen as equal. Each of these communities have experienced injustices and wrongdoings throughout history and even to this day. They have all been excluded and put down. They have been targeted mistreated all throughout history. They have experienced so many wrongdoings and continue to experience these solely because their differences were considered to be wrong or bad by the dominant culture. They have been put down in order for the dominant culture to remain in control. 

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Welcome to American History Through our Eyes. I'm your host, Jasmine. In this episode, I will discuss the stories of the Black community, Indigenous community, and the LGBTQ+ community and their self-advocacy in their fights to achieve their rights. The first community I will discuss is the Black community. I learned about the organization SNCC, which stands for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. SNCC is composed of representatives from the Southern States. SNCC is an organization that promotes change to nonviolence. Today, the black community continues to self-advocate through Black Lives Matter. Next, Moving on to the Indigenous community. They practice and continue their traditions to keep the community close to them. An example of how the Indigenous community self advocated. They created the American Indian Movement back in the early 1970s. The movement addresses systematic issues of poverty, discrimination, and brutality against Native Americans. Sadly, the movement disbanded by the Indigenous community are still advocating through different organizations. Finally, the last community is the LGBTQ+ community. Over the decades, the laws have changed due to the discrimination and brutality the LGBTQ+ community has faced. I learned from all the communities that they all face discrimination, but that didn't stop them from fighting. They made organizations and movements to promote self-advocacy. All right, this is a wrap for today's episode. I'm your host Jasmine and I hope you enjoyed listening and stay tune for future episodes.