Hi Classmates!
I apologize for this post being a bit delayed, but it was because I was waiting to see if any flags or significant changes were going to be implemented on my post (which haven't happened yet). I chose to edit the "Asian American Studies" page because I wanted to choose a topic that I was interesting and relevant to my life, and this happened to pop up in my head. A lot of student activism work is being done by student leaders on the UCSD campus to establish an Asian American Studies minor on our campus. Our undergraduate student population is made up of approximately 50% Asian/American students, but we do not have a resource center or curriculum that educates students about the historical experiences, cultural politics, and social movements that have affected half of the student population. Within the Ethnic Studies department, there are only a few classes that address Asian American issues and there is a push to expand the availability of those courses and to recruit faculty to teach them.
For my entry, I decided to add more specific key concepts that topics that Asian American Studies overall addresses because the previous entry was very brief. I decided to keep my information general first, because I had to remember that not everybody who reads the article would have taken a Sociology or Ethnic Studies course. Here is what I added:
More general information about Asian American Studies.
Specific topics that the UCLA AAS department focuses on.
Prior to my entry, there were no citations at all for this Wikipedia entry. With my additions, I added a scholarly journal article and a link to the UCLA Asian American Studies Department website. Nothing has really happened yet for my entry, in terms of any conflicts or flags by others, so I'm just waiting to see if any activity will happen. In the meantime, I hope to add more information to the page, and see if anything will happen if I bring up more sensitive or critical issues about the topic. I'm glad I finally chose this topic because this really resonates with "the political is the personal" theme in our class, and it's an issue that is currently being debated and taking action upon on the UCSD campus, which affects the stories and experiences of many students, including myself.
Unfortunately, it looks as if some of your work on the UCLA program was deleted, but it is great that you intervened on providing citations. Don't be afraid to explain what you did in the "history" section of the article for other editors to see.
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