Feeling
shocked, sympathetic and even indignant for professor Valverde after reading
Week one’s article Fight the Tower: A
Call to Action for Women of Color in Academia, for the first time I become
aware of the severe injustice for Asian American women in the United States
society. It is so hard to even imagine what professor Valverde had been through
during her tenure fight. On the other hand, I am so happy and encouraged that
there were people like her who are unwilling to succumb to unfairness; who are
not afraid of standing up to fight against prejudice and racism while the
majority did the opposite. Even from the passcode of signing in this blog
account “justice for all”, I can see Professor Valverde’s aspiration for justice
and her persistence in fighting for it. The pepper spray video professor
Valverde showed us in the beginning of first class also gave us a great example
of how students should stand up and fight for themselves. I believe what
professor Valverde tried to tell us is, whatever kinds of discrimination one’s
facing, they are not alone. It is extremely important to strive for one’s own
right instead of surrendering to the brutal reality. As a Chinese student
myself, I never thought racism is still such a severe issue in the United
States. I am very fortunate not to have any experiences of being discriminated because
of my color. However, this article pulls the cruel truth towards me and shows
me the ugliest side of burning injustice. Why everyone is yelling for fairness
outside, but the situation never gets better in reality? Why everyone is
encouraging diversity while they still look down on people of color?
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