Earlier this month, a horrific, hate-filled video of a UW-Madison student spouting racist slurs, threats, and a desire to own enslaved people began circulating around the UW-Madison community. It didn’t take long for the video and responses to it to go viral online, resulting in a petition for the expulsion of the students involved with the video amassing tens of thousands of signatures.
Month: May 2023
The Filipino Mafia: A Study of Filipino Solidarity in the United States Navy from the 1950s to the Present
This paper was written by Beatrice Millan-Windorski and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2023. It was written for History 345: Military History of the United States taught by Professor …
Deconstructing Folk Catholicism: Combating Catholic Hegemony during the Philippines’ Colonial Era
This paper was written by Chloe Foor and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2023. It was written for History 600: Empire and Revolution in Southeast Asia taught by Professor …
A Look at Nonviolent Protests by Indigenous People Throughout History
Throughout history, indigenous people have been using forms of nonviolent resistance to protest the atrocities and illegal acts done by the respective federal governments.