By: Steven Feldman

Steven Feldman — Sat, 07 May 2016 19:56:26 +0000

I noticed all of this too! I think another thing is that these sorts of protests are now almost “normalized” at Muhlenberg. Student activism is wonderful on campus but I think that it has become so frequent that it has just become a part of the “Muhlenberg identity”. People walk by indifferently because it’s just another Muhlenberg thing to happen on any given day. And with so much that we were trying to talk about, I could easily understand people maybe not wanting to invest a couple minutes to try and see the connections between all of them. I think that although activism on this campus is an extraordinary student response, we, as students, need learn how to be effective activists as well as allies.

By: Becky Goodman

Becky Goodman — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:48:14 +0000

I really like this post and I had many similar thoughts concerning the variety of issues this protest was trying to address. As someone who is interested in these issues I could see a clear connection between mass incarceration and Sodexo, etc. but that is only after quite a bit of thought. Focusing on just one or maybe 2 issues would have definitely been important but I wonder if we would have been allowed to do that and still be a part of the Million Student March? I think the real problem lies within the culture. We are not taught to question or critically analyze the master narrative paints protesters as “rabble rousers”. I think the best approach would be to make our points more personalized so that people want to stop and ask questions because everyone is trying to make their lives better.

Comments on: An Outside Perspective on the Million Student March

By: Steven Feldman

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