Regenia Un
Section 2
Week 1
In “Fight
the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of
Color in Academia”, Professor Kieu-Linh
Caroline Valverde depicts her own stories being treated unfairly because of her
race and gender, and provides guides to people facing similar situation as her.
When reading the stories that Professor Valverde was prejudiced by her
colleague, warned not to report her disability and was not allowed to get
extension for her second pregnancy (Valverde, 2013), I was shocked because I
had never expected such things happened on people around me and I deeply appreciate
her strength and bravery after all these happened.
Moreover, her
stories do make me feel inclusive since both my Asian friends and I faced racism
here in the United States. I am an international student from Asia and before
coming to the U.S. for college, the word “racism” seldom existed in my life. However,
the U.S. is supposed to be a diverse community but here we met situations like
being ignored or untrusted not because of the things we did, but our race.
Professor Valverde’s story even shocked me more when I learnt that the colleague
who attacked her was actually from similar background as her. Thus, the
question I have is what the best and most effective way to educate people who
are racist is.
Although I am not
sure is racism getting better or worse around the world, I am very proud of all
Asian American Artists who made a name for themselves because they allow the
whole world to pay more attention to Asian values and also be aware of the world
racism. After finishing the reading material, I thought of a video made by Wong
Fu Productions, which is a group of Asian American YouTubers. This video uses a
pretty funny and chilling way to depict that racism happens everywhere and at
anytime. I found this short video both interesting and meaningful, so I want to
share with all of you.
Accidental Racism
WongFuProductions -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1QTugrQQQ
Valverde, K. C.
(2013). Fight the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of Color in Academia.
Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 12(2)
Wong Fu Productions
(2014, March 10). Accidental Racism. Retrieved April 05, 2017, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1QTugrQQQ
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