Georgina Liu ASA 002 A03 Week 10

According to this week’s reading list, we read “Conclusion: Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke” and “Epilogue: Upward and Onward: Asian American Women’s Legal Resistance.” According to the first article, the author claim that Asian American women should always stay awake. The author said that it meant staying alert, picking up every connection, challenging assumptions made from the outside, and even ones we make about each other within the academy.” The false image of academic meritocracy always depicts Asian American scholars as intelligent and successful people. But the racial discrimination and pressure faced by Asian American employees in workplaces are still being ignored.

Also, Asian American women are always educated that in our families and communities to value the community above the individual. As a result, when Asian American women face injustice and discrimination, they are used to be silent. Asian-American women may conclude that the reasons why they do not get equal treatment are their poor quality of teaching and research. If Asian Americans remind in silent, their unfair treatment will never be disclosed. Asian American women should always be aware of the reality of the current academic system, consisting of lots of racial discrimination and sexual discrimination. They need to break it and rebuild a new fair educational system.

Nowadays, many people walk on the street to protest for George Floyd’s death. Four polices’ violence towards George Floyd discloses the brutality towards black. People do not remind in silence. Instead, they use their right to protest for the injustice that happened in society. Their fight forces the government to make the right decision. So, when people face discrimination, the last thing they should do is being silent.

Question: Why many people choose to protest violently instead of peacefully?

Reference:

Dariotis, W. M. & Valverde, K.-L. C. (2019). Conclusion. Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke. United States: Rutgers University Press

Sibley, J. (2020). Thousands Rally in London, Berlin over George Floyd Death. [Online Image]. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/thousands-rally-london-berlin-george-floyd-death-200531165655677.html