Week 10- Sabrina Gomez A01

Sabrina Gomez
A01

Week 10

Upon reading "The Time to Fight is Now: When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue", I was extremely interested in the manner in which the article posed important, and apparently riveting questions. A big theme that is constantly brought up in class however not bluntly asked is why certain groups of people may or may not be subjected to discrimination in the educational public. I find this question specifically affecting because it is not an overall question that is frequently entertained, rather than the smaller questions and the observations of the repercussions this entails. I believe it interesting and very shocking that the article brought up a possible explanation for these attacks against Asian Americans to be an ancient issue. The article mentions how white workers throughout the Twentieth century appeared to feel threatened by Asian American workers due to the expectation that they were good workers or as it is now referred to as (the model minority). This also ties into another recurring theme I have noticed brought up in the class, in which historical issues still appear to cause implications in modern day. This moves me to believe that perhaps that one of the first crucial steps we must take in rectifying these racial issues, is to look back upon similar issues that plagued the different cultural groups in the past. It may definitely be too general or simplified to believe that these issues can be more controlled if they were identified earlier on, due to the countless other factors, however as the theme has been somewhat noticeable through the class it can be a possibility. 

Question: How would the attacks towards Asian Americans differ (if any difference) if the Model Minority did not apply to them? 

Analysis: If Asian Americans were not predisposed as ideal workers, and therefore a positive force in society, would the attacks and discrimination towards them in educational settings be different?  

References:

1) Valverde, C., & Dariotis, W. (2017). "The Time to Fight is Now": When Asian American

Women in Academia Go Rogue. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

2) (2011) "Not Your Model Minority?: The Complexity of Asian Americans in 21st Century American Film" [Digital Image]. Retrieved November 26, 2017. https://tropicsofmeta.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/not-your-model-minority-the-complexity-of-asian-americans-in-21st-century-american-film/