Matthew Kuangga, ASA 2, Week 4

Weeks 4’s theme of ““Do. Or Do Not. There Is No Try”: Radical Love as Pedagogy and Practice Part 1” is very interesting when it comes to talking about Issues dealing with Asian Americans in academia. Throughout the weeks in ASA 2 I have noticed that discrimination in modern day America seems to still be rampant, but in today's America it is not as clear anymore as most types of discrimination seems to be underground and unseen. Although interesting, I think academia is just one aspect of many in analyzing modern American discrimination because it shows how discrimination is in the workplace. It would be very interesting to see materials that talk about discrimination and how race play a role in American society, schools, university applications, day to day at university, other workplaces, and many other places besides academia.

Wang Ping continues to be under attack at the institution she is teaching at, she said regular discriminatory insults were the norm and she felt like these hit her like invisible knives every single day. It seems like this attack is going from left, right, up, and down.  It has come to the point where even the provost and her supervisors are in on it, so she ended up sneaking into and out of her office to avoid these abuses. This mental pain has caused her a lot of physical pain too like ulcers and arthritis. But she mentioned that she must keep this pain in because she has once reported her problem to her higher ups but was again threatened to e sent to a psychiatric ward. Overall, she also claimed that this “snow white” secretary is also setting up roadblocks for her progress in her career. Honestly for me, this example seemed very extreme, so I began to wonder if this is solely based on racial discrimination against her? Or is it because of something she has actually done to deserve this? Furthermore, what university is she teaching at and why don’t she just sue them for workplace discrimination and damages?

Source (APA):

After 50 years of 'Asian American,' advocates say the term is 'more essential than ever'. (n.d.). Retrieved July 12, 2019, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/after-50-years-asian-american-advocates-say-term-more-essential-n875601

Wang, P. (n.d.). She Shall Not Be Moved. Retrieved July 12, 2019, from https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/392140/files/folder/Weekly Readings/Week4?preview=6353500