Asians often wonder if we are good enough. Maybe this is
because a lot of our parents always demanded more of us. They demanded
perfection from us even though a lot of times we fall short because we are
tired of the pressure. Doubt is in a lot of Asian people’s mind. I feel this is
why Asians tend to be shy and hesitant to speak out their demands to the world,
even though a lot of times Asians feel like the world demanded a lot from them
(ex: school, parents, etc.). This doubt is very dangerous to our confidence and
our passion to carry forward with what we want to do. Consequently also, this
doubt causes a lot of fear in the hearts of Asian Americans, and therefore they
have an outward appearance of silence.
The author of this piece was an Asian female scholar at a
university, it is said that she has helped a lot of her students win big book
awards and she herself was the most publicized author on the campus. She was
also overworked, with going through 2 major surgeries, 1 birth, and taking care
of 2 children. Even with all this hard labor that she has put into the
university, she didn’t get a reasonable promotion even though she begged for it
with strong evidence. Tying it back to the theme of week 2: “That’s no moon: attack
of the institution”, this poem titled “Who Killed Soek-Fang Sim?” is an Asian
female scholar’s fight to gain the respect that she deserved for all her hard
work and success stories that get overlooked presumably because of her look,
accent, etc.
Question: I think this text’s expression of discrimination
is a very extreme case, are there many others like this?
Source (APA):
Santos, A.
(2015, October 22). The "Smart Asian" by Avrianne Santos. Retrieved
June 26, 2019, from https://thekpopwannabes.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/the-smart-asian-by-avrianne-santos/
P., W.
(n.d.). Who Killed Soek-Fang Sim? Retrieved June 26, 2019, from
https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/392140/files/folder/Weekly
Readings/Week2?preview=6318933
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