in the lunchroom, asian students got foodborne on them every day.not go to the lunch room for two years. we were beaten in hallways and bathrooms. i heard racial slurs all the time, and we told administrators at the school. sometimes they laughed at us or told us to speak english. sometimes they yelled at us as if it were our fault, or shrugged their shoulders and walk away. in october 2008, five of my chinese friends were beaten by 30 other students. but instead of protecting them and trying to understand what was happening, the school suspended the chinese victims for fighting. it was enough. i knew i could not be silent anymore and let this happen again and again to me or my classmates. from that day on, i began to organize students to stand up for ourselves. we began to document what was happening to us. we reached out to community leaders and other adults for help. on december 3, 2009, 30 asian immigrant students got beat up inside and outside school during a whole school day. 13 asian kids had to go to the emergency room. the principal and dis