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Reflection on ‘The Injustice Never Leaves You’

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https://www(dot)c-span(dot)org/video/?458812-7/the-injustice-leaves-you
The author talks about her book
---Watch the clip.You can only watch the part where she talks about the book, the question that the audience asks can be skipped, but watch if it helps bring more topics.
---Use casual language. Not a formal essay. Can use the pronoun “I”. Think as if yourself are a Chinese because I am Chinese, and I am writing from an immigrant’s perspective too.
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--- Write your thoughts about the video (the injustice, very look upon the author because she reveal what has been never really depicted by the mass media, and corrects history by telling the truth side of history, ext..). also draw connection to how its similar being a chinese immigrant too.
--- things you can talk about:
“Casted in the media by politicians as a threat to the nation, and as a threat to civilization”
--- Chinese has also been seen as a threat to the US society
--- For example, Chinese immigrants taking over American jobs
--- The idea of anti- Chinese sentiment in the US can be traced back to around the 19th century when Chinese immigrants were employed to build the transcontinental railroad.
--- There were acts that specifically banned Chinese immigration and naturalization. “Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882”
--- Martinez's speech reminds me of the fact that this side of the history of Chinese people is neglected, because China pays so much attention to the history behind the Second Sino-Japanese War during World War II since it was the biggest war China had been though. It caused a lot of damage. History textbook seldom talks about history of Chinese immigrants and the racial prejudice and injustice they had been though

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Reflection on ‘The Injustice Never Leaves You’
In ‘The Injustice Never Leaves You’, Martinez gives an account of history as never told before. I have had the chance to read her book, and I am glad that I had come across this video in which she is talking about her book. One of the most interesting bits of her speech is the manner in which she talks about the Chinese and so much forgotten history about China. In this speech, she makes me realize that Chinese people are largely neglected. This is because China pays much attention to the history and events that led to and took place during the Second Sino-Japanese War during World War II. This war is very important to China because it remains the biggest war that China has ever been involved in. In addition, the war led to so much damage to China, involving deaths and loss of property. From Martinez’s speech, I also get to learn much of what has never been said about the war, the participation of China, and the impact that the war had on the country.
This speech also makes me to realize that there is a lot that is not talked about in history books on the history of the Chinese immigrants as well as the racial prejudice and injustice that they faced during that time. The Chinese immigrants were not treated fairly due to their race, and this also helps me to understand the racial profiling that takes place today. Martinez must have consulted custodians of Chinese history, most likely those who were involved in the war so as to come up with so much in-depth h...
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