Overall Class Reflection

I thought that this class was really interesting because a lot of it opened my eyes to how things were in America back then. It enhanced my perspective on other people's cultures and especially mine as a Chinese American. Before this class, I was taught in 5th grade that the only sucky part about being an Asian immigrant was going through Angel Island, but that obviously wasn't even close to half of what they all experienced. This realization also pointed out that US education should not focus solely on white history (with some black, civil rights, abolitionist history), but on one that consists of all the races that contributed to the prosperity of America. If only there were thousands of you teaching at high schools, or even middle schools, would our nation understand other races and how they stand in America today. Hopefully someday that will happen and there would be less racism and more acceptance of all people.