1.0Studies of Black History at the University of San Diegohttps://sites.sandiego.edu/blackhistoryatusdrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kTUfPO68te"><a href="https://sites.sandiego.edu/blackhistoryatusd/2022/05/13/an-unequal-democracy-kaya-patel/">An Unequal Democracy – Kaya Patel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sites.sandiego.edu/blackhistoryatusd/2022/05/13/an-unequal-democracy-kaya-patel/embed/#?secret=kTUfPO68te" width="600" height="338" title="“An Unequal Democracy – Kaya Patel” — Studies of Black History at the University of San Diego" data-secret="kTUfPO68te" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://sites.sandiego.edu/blackhistoryatusd/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Cathy Cohen is a well known author and speaker, who has been studying how young people engage in politics for about fifteen years. She focuses mainly on Millennials, which are an important group because they are now the largest generation in America. Millennials show where society is now and where it is going. Cohen made it very clear that in all her studies she was talking specifically about young adults, or young Black adults. In this program, Cohen shared the importance of revolution, aligning with the idea of agitation as opposed to accommodation. In her research, Cohen posed a simple statement for her participants to respond to, the statement was: generally I feel like a full and equal citizen in this country. She received mixed answers on this, which not surprisingly correlated to the participants' race, as many young Black adults feel as though they are viewed as secondary citizens. Due to the way African Americans have historically been treated and continue to be treated, they have an undeniable distrust with American democracy, so in order to feel like a full and equal human, democracy as a whole needs to be reconstructed.http://sites.sandiego.edu/blackhistoryatusd/files/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-12-at-10.50.27-PM-300x262.png