FilAm professor shows solidarity with pro-Palestine rallies in Columbia University | TFC News USA
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Even after the New York police made arrests on Tuesday, pro-Palestine supporters continued to make their voices heard at Columbia University.
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Two weeks ago, Columbia sparked similar demonstrations at college campuses across the U.S., demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and for universities to divest from companies that support Israel's war efforts.
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Of the 112 arrests made at Columbia University on Tuesday, 80 were identified as individuals affiliated with the school, while 32 were unaffiliated.
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Filipino-American National Historical Society President Dr. Kevin Nadal, a distinguished university professor and Columbia University alumnus,
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was at the encampment to show solidarity and support to the Filipino students participating in the protests.
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The students really just want justice. All they want is peace. And all they want is to ensure that their university funds do not go towards further violence and genocide and the killing of innocent people, especially children.
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And, you know, they're very peaceful and the students are exercising their right to protest, their right to their freedom of speech, and, you know, just using their voices to ensure that we can put an end to this.
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Dr. Nadal says the war in the Middle East should matter to Filipinos and Filipino-Americans because of the Philippines' history with colonizers, Spain and the United States.
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We suffered for hundreds of years as a result of that. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Filipinos were killed because of Spanish colonization as well as, you know, the Filipino-American War.
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We need to stand by them because we wished that maybe someone had stood up for us.
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And I think that is really important for Filipinos to recognize that while we might not currently be in a place where we are colonized in that traditional way, some might argue that we're still colonized but in different ways, some including me.
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But I also think that we just want to fight against any injustice that's happening in the world.
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And if we can do our parts to ensure that thousands of innocent lives aren't taken and people aren't being killed, then we have to take part in that social justice movement as well.
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He encourages the students and the community to continue to stand up for justice and to play a part in changing history.
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To all the students out there across the country, whether it's down the street at Columbia or in some of the places around the world, I salute you. I thank you.
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You are using your voices for what matters. You're using your power as a group, as a community to fight against injustice and to fight against genocide.
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And for that, I hope you all realize that you are on the right side of history and to keep on going because we need you in order to make sure that this genocide ends.
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Monette Rivera, ABS-CBN News, Manhattan, New York.
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