Week 10
Section 1
This week's reading is “The Time to Fight
is Now”: When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue, by Professor Kieu Linh
Caroline Valverde and Wei Ming Dariotis, and it talks about the ethnic minority women in the academia. The focus of the reading is on that Asian American women in academia need to fight for their own justice, instead of keeping silence. It is a call to action for ethnic minorities in academia. This reading has references to guest speakers we have had in our class throughout the quarter, like Amy Block Joy and her book "Whistleblower".
In section 1 of the reading, WP’s poem “Waking” is analyzed, where a European American female professor is aware of the male sexism issues, but cannot see the struggles that her Asian female co-worker faces every day. The poem is a call to realization, to be “woke”, to help raise awareness, and to tell people they will need to learn how to protect themselves and to protect others. I thought that this was a very powerful message since it is often easy to see injustice when we are the ones experiencing it, but when it is something that does not affect us directly, no one will raise their voices about the issue. I believe that the most effective, if not the only way to make people aware of the existing issues is through education. Most people who do not experience injustice will not be aware of the injustice that surrounds them, and it is through education that they will come to understand it.
Question: What can be done to support the movement for justice in academia? What is an effective way of educating people of the issues in academia?
References
Valverde, C., & Dariotis, W. (2017). "The Time to Fight is Now": When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue. Retrieved June 4, 2017
In section 1 of the reading, WP’s poem “Waking” is analyzed, where a European American female professor is aware of the male sexism issues, but cannot see the struggles that her Asian female co-worker faces every day. The poem is a call to realization, to be “woke”, to help raise awareness, and to tell people they will need to learn how to protect themselves and to protect others. I thought that this was a very powerful message since it is often easy to see injustice when we are the ones experiencing it, but when it is something that does not affect us directly, no one will raise their voices about the issue. I believe that the most effective, if not the only way to make people aware of the existing issues is through education. Most people who do not experience injustice will not be aware of the injustice that surrounds them, and it is through education that they will come to understand it.
Question: What can be done to support the movement for justice in academia? What is an effective way of educating people of the issues in academia?
References
Valverde, C., & Dariotis, W. (2017). "The Time to Fight is Now": When Asian American Women in Academia Go Rogue. Retrieved June 4, 2017
Art Vanguard. (n.d.). Retrieved June 05, 2017, from
http://www.art-vanguard.com/fighting-for-justice/
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