With the return of ASTU blogging came a lot of intriguing, well executed blog posts from my classmates, but Devon’s post had me especially captivated this week. In her “Oblivious Citizens” post she discusses the story of Obasan and it’s topic of the Japanese internment. Devon admits to being frustrated throughout reading Obasan because she was completely unaware of the Japanese history that had taken place in her hometown of Vancouver. I saw this as a noble acknowledgement because she seems legitimately disappointed with herself for being uneducated on the history and is now determined to better herself by becoming more informed. I related to Devon throughout her post because I to had been completely oblivious to these Japanese instances of history in Canada and Obasan had a similar effect on me as it was kind of an awakening to suppressions of the past that had taken place on Canadian soil.  I became especially interested in Devon’s post  when she made a global relation, telling a story of her trip to China when she triggered a similar unawareness in her tour guide. Devon described how she asked her guide a variety of questions regarding the aggressive treatment of protestors by the Chinese Government, this was an issue that the guide had no knowledge on leading him to disbelief. I think it’s amazing the amount of information we’re oblivious to as people on a global scale, it’s always interesting to further your knowledge on moments in history but the frustration Devon speaks on often arises when you feel as though it’s your duty as a citizen of your nation to know the history. I thought this was a very well done post by Devon, one that applies largely to our Global Citizen stream and leaves the reader asking themselves if they’re educated enough on their nations historic moments.