Well this semester I had ups and downs I was struggling in the begging because there was a problem with my financial assistance and if I didn’t do something about it to fix it I would have to pay all that money out of pocket and luckily I have a job but until now my financial aid got fix and that is a relief for me because it was too much money to pay. I’m actually glad about this class because evetime I come to class the professor greets us with so much joy. There are some achievement I got to do in class reading articles about a topic that means a lot to me or that I can understand from.

My English class has been nice. I have been joining every single meeting and had been doing my work every day. I learned how to think freely in this class and also, how to turn any experience into writing. Something that is different about this class is free writes. I have never written free writes in any other English class. I think free writes are little challenges because it is writing a story from your own experience. I think they helped me reflect on myself more. I have written almost all the free writes in this class. And I also finished my research project. Right now I have to do my letter to the magazine. So far it is coming out nice.

Introduction：The diversity and complexity of Asian Americans are significantly higher than that of other ethnic groups. Asian groups from different Asian regions and with different educational backgrounds often differ greatly in socioeconomic status, and their political, religious, and cultural barriers are quite deep, and they are quite alienated from each other. This has caused Asians to have insufficient say in American politics and social life. People should not do anything to hurt people. You can not think Asians brought the virus. Don’t think that every Asian is a bad guy. There are good Asians and bad Asians, but not all of them are bad. 

MLA:

Rosa, Amanda. “Attacks Against Asian New Yorkers: What to Know”  www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-attacks.html The New York Times, March 23, 2021

Summary：In this article, the author describes a number of recent terrorist attacks caused by discrimination against Asians. In 2019, there were 29 terrorist attacks against people of Asian descent, because they hated Asians and believed that Asian victims carried coronavirus. So hundreds of people formed protest groups in New York City to protest “Racism is a Virus” and “Stop Asian Hate” protests.

Analysis：This article presents many, many horror cases of Asian discrimination, both recent and previous, there has been a steady succession of horror attacks on Asians and so real that terrorist attacks happen around us. Not long ago, I saw through a short video that a black man strangled an Asian man until he suffocated and fainted on the subway floor. This warns us not to go out alone as much as possible, and not to go out alone at night. Even discrimination that is not specific to Asians may be hurt.

MLA： Beth Mirza.”Asian Americans Face Violence, Workplace Discrimination” https://www.npca.org/articles/2860-from-the-gold-rush-to-the-covid-pandemic-a-history-of-anti-asian-violence?gclid=CjwKCAjwhMmEBhBwEiwAXwFoERtta5_HvrSSh57A8JYSVbHaWdz0MRJDId-IKXJUauWRCWHDXGXWOxoCQ2EQAvD_BwE. March 22, 2021

Summary: The author of this article tells us that six of the eight people killed in the Atlanta spa shooting were Asian women, and the shooter shot them for no reason. It also tells us that because of the influence of novel coronavirus, the crime of discrimination against Asian people in 2020 has increased by 150% compared with that in 2019, and tells us how to prevent ourselves from being harmed by discrimination against Asian people.

Analyses：This article gives me a strange feeling because it is absurd that service personnel who make contributions to society are still discriminated against. And a threat to other people’s personal safety is really ridiculous.