"One of the most interesting classes I took, "Europe and the Americas," detailed the systematic and brutally efficient decimation of indigenous peoples and cultures. One of the required books, I, Rigoberta Menchú, recounted the struggle of indigenous Guatemalans. Later on, in "Imagining the Holocaust," I heard the horrific account of what happened to Jews during World War II. At Stanford I was forced to pull back from my tight community and understand how a common thread ran through so many other cultures around the world where people had to fight for their rights."
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Human rights activistsNobel Peace Prize laureatesFeministsWomen activistsIndigenous rights activists
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Julian Castro An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream (2018)
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