In the readings, W.P. made two vivid comparisons between the cost of speaking and the cost of not speaking. The problems mentioned in the readings are the exact problems that every Asian American is facing right now. In the article “Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia”, Deloso shared her Personal experiences and how she become an activist student in her early life. She spent a lot of times fighting for Asian American women and tried to awaken the young minds and gather all the activist students to fight for ethnic studies and Asian American women. There are times that Deloso doubted and wondered “Is this the right thing to do? Am I really going to fight against authority when I was raised all my life to respect those who are older and who know better?”. However, the administrations do not take student needs into consideration at all and she realized that she must fight for all the Asian American women and take back the rights they deserve. The long hard struggle of fighting is exhausting and Deloso also felt happy when “people who had been strangers came together to fight for their shared vision of social justice offered by ethnic studies.” Like what Deloso mentioned, male-dominated family and social structure made the women to become “passive-aggressive and submissive.” This is a common issue around the world and it is also one of the roadblocks along the way of fight for justice. The question is that other than becoming an activist student, what are other methods to fight for justice?
“Report Downloads.” Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, www.equityinhighered.org/resources/report-downloads/.
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