When Wei Ming Dariotis and Grace J. Yoo mention the invisible labor done by Asian American Women in Academia in their article Care Work, they are specifically referring to the extra work that these women have to do for their own students’ well-being (Dariotis and Grace). With university life being a tough path, Asian American women are expected to be the ones to open their arms for students, not only because they are women but because they are women who have been racially and sexually marginalized. Students who are vulnerable latch on to those that are akin to be vulnerable as well. Unfortunately as Dariotis and Yoo found out, this can be incredibly taxing for these women in their positions. They not only have to carry the burden and problems of their students’ but they also have to carry their own. By stereotyping these women as the caring godmothers for all, the rest of society is thus turning away from not only them but the problems of the students as well. Having Asian American women as the ones to be the empathetic ones is a quick fix to a systemic solution. The issue not only relies on the men to step up the the plate, it is also the resources that are available to the students as well as faculty. Does the faculty even receive the same amount of resources devoted to their own health in comparison to their students within the university? Or are they referred to outside sources using their own time and money?
W.P.'s poem She Shall Not Be Moved sort of highlights the frustrations and anger that she has to go through with academia (Ping). She, without out a doubt, takes comfort in teaching and watching her students grow. Yet her reasons for doing it are not aligned with the corporate university’s reasons and because of that it wears her down. That feeling can be seen vividly with her writing. “I was your Poster Babe, my art and teaching have done You much glory, now I’m worse than a ghost - unseen, unheard, unspoken to.”
Dariotis, W. M., & Yoo, G. J. (n.d.). Care Work The Invisible Labor of Asian American Women in Academia. 300-325.
P, W. (n.d.). She Shall Not Be Moved. 273-298.
Dariotis, W. M., & Yoo, G. J. (n.d.). Care Work The Invisible Labor of Asian American Women in Academia. 300-325.
Sources Cited:
Dariotis, W. M., & Yoo, G. J. Care Work: The Invisible Labor of Asian American Women in Academia. 300-325.
Ping, Wang. She Shall Not Be Moved: A “Golden Shovel” Sonnet After Gwendolyn Brook’s “you did not know you were Afrika”. 273-274.
"Prayer Flags and Kinship Rivers: A Conversation with Wang Ping," by Amy Lantrip. (2016, May 06). Retrieved from https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2016/may/prayer-flags-and-kinship-rivers-conversation-wang-ping-amy-lantrip
P, W. (n.d.). She Shall Not Be Moved. 273-298.
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