Anika Troeger
ASA 002
Section 3
Week 10: The Future of Higher Education
I found this week’s reading to be a summary of the course, with even more content added on. Retaliation was mentioned several times, relating to not just Amy Block Joy from several weeks ago, but Leslie Do and Shannon Deloso from just last week. This piece made a point to show that no matter what, there will be retaliation. It does not matter if you are an activist student or a renowned professor, the tower will try to strike you down. However, there is also a growing movement of Asian American women in Academia fighting this tower.
The particular focus on Asian American women was puzzling to me at first, but after reading this piece I realized why that focus was important. Asian Americans are “honorary whites”, but unlike their male counterparts, Asian American women aren’t often seen as the stereotypical math genius or engineer. They’re not seen by the system as intellectuals. This is something that needs to change.
Another point that I found interesting was how even though we are becoming a diversity society, the progression is slow. Those who are against diversity and inclusivity have been fighting back against progressivism, trying to bring it to a halt. The push against us can be disheartening, but the only way to keep it from bringing us down completely is to fight. This piece is doing just that - all of these Asian American women coming together to show their struggle, to offer advice and support to their peers and friends, to expose the discrimination and cruelty going on in academia against them, is one of our strongest weapons.
Question: How can we rally more people to this cause without facing retaliation?
Chenoweth, Erica. (2016). Seven peer-reviewed strategies female faculty can use to climb the ladder of academic success [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/19/how-to-get-tenure-if-youre-a-woman-academia-stephen-walt/
Valverde, C., & Dariotis, W. (2017). "The Time to Fight is Now": When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
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