In this week's reading, "Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students' Negotiating Power in Academia," the author Shannon Deloso explains that gendered, racial and ethical biases, Asian American women were treated unequally in the university. For Asian American student leaders, the author encourages them to grow by voicing their opinions and advocacy. The professor also mentioned this point during the lecture. The author also conducted an in-person interview with an Asian American woman who has become an activist to do some deep research. In another reading article, "An Offering: Healing the Wounds and Ruptures of Graduate School," the author Cindy Nhi Huynh uses her own experience to demonstrate her thoughts about the inequalities for women of color in the academy. The author describes her struggles during writing.
Not only in the university, discrimination due to race, gender, and color also happened in the workplace. According to the statistical data, minority Asian Women work in the STEM career
. The white-men holds a principal status.
Question: How can Asian American women find some effective ways to express themselves and find a sense of belonging?
Reference
Valverde, K. L. C., &Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars' resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Lilian Wu, Wei Jing (2011). Asian Women in STEM Careers: An Invisible Minority in a Double Bind. Retrieved from: https://issues.org/realnumbers-29/
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