Week1_Annie Tang A01

Annie Tang

A01

Week 1

I’m very impressed by Professor Valverde’s paper, “The Time to Fight is Now: Asian American Women, Academia’s Socially Engineered “Privileged Oppressed,” Go Rogue. Somehow, I can feel the anger and helplessness when I came to those parts of Asian Americans facing injustice in academia, even though I cannot be identified as an Asian American student rigorously but an international Asian student.

The paper illustrated the main issue of Asian Americans who fell in the stereotype of being generally more outstanding than the other groups, but too submissive to speak up for the inequality they faced in academia. The term “privileged oppressed” came out all the time in the paper and it perfectly defines the group of Asian Americans. They are privileged because they are intelligent and hardworking, and they are so successful in the field of academia. They are oppressed because they always keep silent and seldom defend themselves when facing those unfair. Thus, they easily become the oppressed targets for some companies (Valverde, 2017). When it comes to me, I find myself fall into the same stereotype in situations when I become quiet and refuse to argue for my own advantage. After reading the paper, I believe I have to do some changes for Asians. Meanwhile, I hope all Asian Americans could be woke and be passionate to fight for the good they deserve, just like the picture below of those protesting against Asia.

Reference

Awwal A.J, (2018). Strike call issued in Pakistan to protest Asia Bibi acquittal. Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved from https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/world/strike-call-issued-in-pakistan-to-protest-asia-bibi-acquittal/301786.html

Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde, (2017). Introduction to Fight the Tower. 367-419