Upon realizing that the government is more concerned with politics and war, a new rebellion front crystallizes. Political rebellion is born. Colored students however soon discovers that their advantaged colleagues stand a better chance to understand politics in collaboration with the adult population of administrators. To understand politics, rebellious students must put more effort in their studies to fully comprehend emerging issues including war. This precipitates a new form of revolution, to achieve excellence in their studies to gain a high ground in the political polemic both within and beyond the school borders.
Consequently, Auckland YP achieves academic excellence, giving them the much needed political voice to champion their new found way of antagonizing the adult population. They can effectively challenge the day to day running of the institution including emerging policies. Colored students of Auckland has therefore gained a new political tool through academic excellence. Eventually, these students have turned, head down the early held stereotypes of poor academic achievement and lack of political voice and participation.
The author’s views are quite accurate in decoding behaviors of the oppressed and how they eventually turn to conflicting viewpoints to tell their story. While this kind of rebellion turns out to be positive, many instances of race, color, or class motivated rebellions often ends tragically.
B. some of the potential questions from this chapter relevant to a group discussion include:
i. Does all forms of rebellion end positively like it happened in the chapter reading?
ii. What stereotypes often make youths rebel against adult authority?
iii. Is the adult population justified in alienating the youth in national dialogues?
The following terms have been used in the passage
Ice-breaker: Game that makes people feel comfortable in a new environment
Colonizing Classroom Lessons: Lessons which students feel uncomfortable with.
Woks cited
Hava Rachel Gordon. We Fight to Win: Inequality and the Politics of Youth Activism . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010. 254pp. ISBN: 9780813546704.
