Section A01
6/4/17
In Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde and Wei Ming Dariotis’ article, The Time to Fight is Now: When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue, they talk about how academia is flawed and is essentially not meant to benefit those who are being educated or pursuing such academic endeavors. They bring a lot of examples and instances from different articles which revolve around their theme and display more attention on womxn identified individuals to give their case a bit more of personal perspective. This article pretty much brings to light a lot of the recurring topics within the course.
Analyzing the article made me develop a better awareness for injustices done to specifically womxn in academia. I could relate to some of the issues portrayed such as academic difficulty and how education is not framed to benefit Asian Americans. Explaining these issues through the lens of womxn made me more aware as someone who does not identify as such, but also very upset. I think since they are trying to establish an educational system in which we all benefit, it does not make sense that the institution does not put an equal priority on all gender identities. I feel that this within itself is a miseducation and is essential to understand when wanting to promote educational equity. If we do not give complete equal opportunity to all gender identities, how do they expect to advocate for those voices. I also liked how they mention in the article that academia is a workplace because I know statistically womxn are not treated equally within that facet as well.
Reference:
- Valverde, K-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2017). The Time to Fight is Now: When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue.
Question: Given your research and passion, how have you both tried to counteract these injustices that you have stated and or experienced aside from publishing an article?
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