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For the longest time, I have strongly felt that the Universities and Colleges that we work so tirelessly and endlessly to be admitted to were these bastions of free thought, progress, social justice, etc. and that the interest of the students and faculty came first, but as time went on and as I've learned more, I feel like that this is very wrong. In the reading "Fight the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of Color in Academia," I feel like it provided a incredible glimpse into the corruption and injustices that are a part of the system. It felt incredibly disheartening to see that within Professor Valverde's battle for tenure, she was met with so many different obstacles and prejudices that were gender and racially based from a system that I was always led to believe was there to fight. It was even more disheartening knowing that this is not a one-off case but something that actually happens very often in the world of academia. As found within the article, this is just one case among many where people of color are being met with "invisible barriers" as shown by the fact that many people of color in the field of academia have sought help from Professor Don Nakanishi from UCLA. Much of this attests to the gross corruption that is evident in our education system, a system that many would think exists to fight these sorts of things.
Question - Being this far in time, how do we go about changing the system? It feels like an overwhelming and daunting task and almost impossible.
- STEM’s glass ceiling for Asian American women. (2013, December 23). Retrieved October 01, 2017, from http://reappropriate.co/2013/12/stems-glass-ceiling-for-asian-american-women/
- Valverde, K., "Fight the Tower: A call to Action for Women in Academia" Retrieved October 1, 2017
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