Episode 22: Jose Antonio Vargas
From Critically Conscious Classroom · 01:06:57
Show by Association of California School Administrators
On a new episode of The Critically Conscious Classroom, Dr. Tracie Noriega and Anthony Robinson welcome journalist, filmmaker and Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas for a conversation about citizenship, belonging and the importance of telling the truth about American history. Vargas reflects on arriving from the Philippines at age 12 and how growing up in the Bay Area, then moving East, shaped his understanding of race and why proximity to different people is its own education (06:26). He then explains what he means by “I’m here because you were there,” tracing Filipino migration back to U.S. colonialism (26:57), before asking what immigrant justice and racial justice movements can learn from each other and why truth-telling must come before trust-building (37:03). The conversation closes with Vargas’ freedom dream for America and the role educators play as bridge builders for immigrant and refugee students.
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