Patrick Abdon Week 1 SS1

From reading "The Time to Fight Is Now" I quickly drew up a parallel between Asian American women in academia and athletes in sports. The myth of the model minority have led many to believe that Asian American women will just do their job without any confrontation. They are expected to just show up and shut up. The saying "Show up and shut up" reminds me of an incident a couple years ago where an anchorwoman was doing a story on the comments of basketball player LeBron James during an interview. He talked about the political landscape of the time, even dropping Donald Trump's name if I remember correctly. Of course the FOX news anchorwoman was not keen on his comments and so she retaliated by simply that he should just "Shut up and dribble." Controversy was spun up, rallying calls were made on both sides, and the question of a basketball player's purpose was brought up.

Now whether it's "Shut up and dribble" or "Show up and shut up," I truly believe that if there is a dire issue that needs to be addressed then the identity of a person should not be questioned. If we see a cat on a tree meowing for help, we don't question it. We look for strategies to find a way up the tree so that it can be brought down to a safer level. We don't question whether if this cat is Siamese or Sphinx, we just know for a fact that whatever is up there is indeed a cat. With the case of the Asian American women, their background/ethnicity/race should not be questioned. They are above all human but even more specialized than that, they are also in academia. They have experience, they know the ins-and-outs, and they have worked their way up to that point in their careers. To have other people say what they can or cannot do is hypocritical especially when they are in the same field.

Question: Is the privileged oppressed or the model minority model apparent in other countries?

Sources:
Valverde, K. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2019). The Time to Fight is Now.
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