This week’s reading Academics: Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke by our professor Caroline Kieu-Linh Valverde is specific and well-written. It summarizes many issues that Asian Americans are facing today. As an Asian American, I see that the Asian stereotype is we tend to keep quiet at all times and don’t speak up for our rights because of shame. In addition, we are supposed to accept anything that comes to us, even if it is unfair. As a result, injustice happens to us more frequently and this results in oppression. Perhaps the most possible way to end this is we as an Asian community should stand up multiple times and fight for our rights. One thing that I especially enjoy in this class is I get to know more about different Asian culture although we are the same race. For instance, the Hmong traditional clothing and textile are fascinating to me. Besides, Hmong’s soul call and Vietnamese’s soul call also share a lot of things in common. Moreover, I truly enjoyed watching the movie Saigon in week 8 because it reflected the reality of Vietnamese Americans. In the U.S., people have freedom of speech so they can point out the corrupt part of our government. However, in Vietnam, if you do so, you will be put in jail and will probably be beaten ruthlessly by its police. I feel that more SAPSA projects should be done so people will be more aware of the problems that Asian Americans are facing. Hopefully, one day, all of the injustice will be gone, and we as the Asian community should live comfortably without worrying about unfairness.
Reference:
Valverde, K.L.C. Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke
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