Jessica Au
ASA 2 Section A01
Week 2 Blog
10/2/2015
Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde’s work,” Fight the Tower: A Call to Action
for Women of Color in Academia”, personally intrigued me. In my mind, I always
thought that if anyone worked hard enough, everything would work itself out.
Being a woman of color, it’s surprising how “cut throat” and political the
world of academia is. I was never really
into politics—and I wanted to believe that education was one of those entities that
could not have been plagued with corruption. I had hopes of maybe becoming a
professor myself, and it really opened my eyes that I would have to be prepared
to do anything to arm myself against the system. It really makes me question
our self-worth and if I have to be someone I am not to accomplish my goals.
With just passion and hard work, can we, as those of color,
really be able to follow our dreams to the fullest?
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