Congzhi Jiang, A01, Week 6

Congzhi Jiang

Section 1

Week 6




Females are underrepresented in academia. Just as Soek-Fang Sim had to endure hate and rumors , asian women scholars have suffered from disrespect for their research, teaching, and leadership. UC Davis is not an exception. This week, we learned that the discrimination against women was dramatic at UC Davis. The hiring of women was only 13% in 1998. This shocked me a lot, because I had never really thought of UC Davis as the palace of injustice. My affection towards UC Davis hasn’t changed, but now I think it needs some improvements.


When I took courses taught by female professors as a student, their struggles were not visible. I think most of the students are like me. Gender inequality in the faculty does not seem obvious until we are fortunate enough to take this kind of course. This is my last year at UC Davis, and now I realize how few female professors I encountered and how little I knew about their tears to reach that position. I hope my realization is not too late. I believe it’s hard to confront with racial discrimination and stereotyping as an individual. There should be strategies to survive and thrive, and I look forward to learning more about techniques and strategies to support gender inequality in academia.


[Good Morning America]. (2019, Oct 25). These women in academia are tired of mansplaining and workplace aggression. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MO4G3bXmvQ

Hongyu Zhu, ASA002 , week 6 blog

Hongyu Zhu

ASA 002

  Week 6 blog

According to the week six reading material, ‘’Opening the Box: An International Asian Women Scholar’s Fight.’’ written by Akiko Takeyama. According to the article, the author states that ‘’International faculty are an invisible underclass among U.S. academics: often paid less, prevented from taking some funding or positions that are reserved for U.S. citizens, harder to hire because of additional governmental paperwork, struggling with language and acculturation issues, often facing racial and accent discrimination, and living under the threat of loss of residency if they fail to make tenure or otherwise lose their academic position.’’I agree with her views, I think Asian always get Unfair treatment in academia field. For example, I noticed that the Asian students always need higher Sat scores to be admitted to the top university compared to white and black students. The university admissions officers just think Asian students are smart, and they need higher SAT scores. I feel like this is kind of racial and unequally.

Every university is advocating equality, but there are always inequalities in academic fields. As I am an international student from China, I sometimes get racist by my accent. I am not ashamed of my accent, I think my accent is perfect. I think everyone needs to be confident against discrimination. My question about this week's reading material is how can we reduce inequality in the academic field?

reference image from the website:https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/22/asian-american-admit-sat-scores/

Yuan Zuo A04 Week5

This week, I wanna discuss one of the readings: "Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia" written by Shannon Deloso. "You're just a Filipina girl who doesn't know anything, aren't you?" Shannon wrote so. Am I just a Chinese boy who doesn't know anything as well? I asked myself. In my spare time, I sometimes play online video games, there were a few times when other people know I was Chinese, they said dirty words. I was angry but there was nothing I could do, because I know it was just a game and there were some terrible people playing it. This experience could be an epitome of racial discrimination in real life. I was in fully agreement with Shannon when she said:"Due to gendered, racial, and ethnic biases, we are perceived as too passive and obedient to successfully enact structural change within the university. " Maybe we are too obedient as she claimed. Not only Asian people but also Asian Americans were afraid of creating "disorder"  to advocate more people get involved into this fight. Before I went to the US for university, my mom even told me to take care of myself, because I was alone and because I am not an American. “Why are Filipinos always working in nursing or idolizing the need to come to the United States?” Shannon's professor asked his/her students. I have a question too: why are China towns always kind of messy? I do not know if this is only how I feel or anyone else feel the same way? As a Chinese, I really hope  Chinese Town can be cleaner and give more good impression. At last, I hope Asian Americans give themselves more confidence against injustice.

                              
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/4/2/18287053/student-protest-charlottesville-fieldston-racism-inequality

Reference：Deloso, S. (2019). Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia. Fight the Tower. Rutgers University Press

Patrick Choi A04 Week 4 Blog

Patrick Choi


One thing I liked about "Who Killed Seok-Fang Sim?" was how personal it was. Reading the poem, I could tell that the author was growing in strength. At first she seemed regretful over what happened to Seok-Fang Sim. I felt a lot of sadness over the unfair treatment they received, which was described in great detail. I could tell that this treatment led to feelings of impostor syndrome, where the author questioned if she was good enough to be where she is because everyone made her feel inadequate. I could tell this was unfair because she then describes how much they've been overworked for the little recognition they get.
Then, I sensed a shift in attitude. The author started to channel the grief of losing Seok-Fang into anger and motivation. She knows that justice won't be handed to her and that she has to fight in order to make things right. She says fear and silence are no longer options.
Once I read the narrative I could see why the author was in so much grief. It is always sad to hear of people dieing at young ages, but this was especially bad because it seemed like the stress from being treated unfairly contributed a lot. I was also moved when the author admitted that she internalized the discrimination against Seok-Fang herself, which I thought made the story a lot more compelling. Overall I enjoyed the story and I liked to hear the author's determination in avenging Seok-Fang Sim after growing away from her internalized discrimination.

A question I'd have would be what would I do if I was in her shoes? I'm not sure if I could be as strong and risk money or my job by standing up for myself. I'm not someone who can rally popular opinion to spotlight a need for change the way the author did with her poem. I'm sure there are many people who are in a similar situation who are stuck with the dilemma of raising your voice and risk losing your job.


References:

Modi, Kanika. “3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Overcome Imposter Syndrome.” Medium, Noteworthy - The Journal Blog, 8 Apr. 2019, blog.usejournal.com/3-questions-to-ask-yourself-to-overcome-imposter-syndrome-a773b9f07201.

Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Dana Aika Miranda -- ASA 002 A04: Week 5

Through the Roof

Pluses and deltas...pros and cons... at the end of the day if you don't try nothing will change. I think that this is a concept that piques my interest quite a bit because the format of this is a listed cost and value weight comparison. The area it differs though is when the writer ends with neither the pro or con, but the reason for committing to the pro despite all the cons that clearly outnumber the cost of speaking. I think this really speaks to the theme of the week because of how the model minority and the stereotype imposed on Asian American womxn are for them to keep quiet, to be docile, to never speak out or speak up.

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So this piece really does a lot when commentating on an internal conflict that one might battle with, especially within the context of achieving higher academia. Another aspect I find very intriguing about this piece is that everything comes at a cost. Analyzing, breaking this down, the very core of challenging and speaking up against the cis-white heteronormative systems inherently becomes burdensome and taxing. And even this is very interesting to think about because the cost is of something that is inherently had by the person merely existing: to speak. To be able to speak, but the decision on whether or not one can afford it.

References

Crypto, C. (2018, May 28). "Price vs Value." YouTube. Retrieved April 26, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5N7BdfO9w.

W.P. (2013). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy: "The Cost of Speaking" Rutgers University Press.

HaoranHu ASA002 A01 Week6

HaoranHu

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After reading this article, I try to know more about systemic racism in American education. By watching the video that made by “actdottv”, I understand how and why systemic racism is generated. Just after the civil war end, American government used “Redlining” to re-plan the city. Just like the video said, “Government agencies started to draw maps dividing cities sections that were either desirable or undesirable for investment.”  This plan blocked many colored families from access to private and public investment. This whole thing based totally on race. Many colored families are poor and cannot afford good education for their kids. The colored student usually goes to schools that are overcrowded and crude. However, white family can send their kids to better schools and easily receive college education. Getting a college education is the easiest way to build wealth for American families. According to the video, this redlining is still affecting the home values in major cities like Chicago today. Moreover, the job market will more like to hire white names than black names, this caused inequality existing even the colored student has same GPA and graduate from same school.

How do we need to do to change this situation? Firstly, we should be more aware of our own implicit biases. Secondly, government should increase public school funding and making it independent from property taxes, so the poor and wealthy district can receive equal access to same resources.

Reference

actdottv. Systemic Racism Explained, Apr 16, 2019, retrive from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ

ASA2, A01, Nuoxin Xu, Week 5

Nuoxin Xu
ASA2 A01
4.26.2020

            After reading the article, “Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia”, I learned that we need to stand out and fight for our rights. Fighting for our rights is the fundamental thing we need to do. The other aspect can be the condition, I should say, we should demand our rights in case there is there is a threat to any person’s live, to family or countries honor in any manner. I am in favor of only those fight for rights which have no bad impact on our people, our society.

            By watching African Americans expose institutional racism and government hypocrisy, Asian Americans began to identify how they, too, had faced discrimination in the United States.

“The ‘black power’ movement caused many Asian Americans to question themselves,” wrote Amy Uyematsu in “The Emergence of Yellow Power,” a 1969 essay.

“Yellow power' is just now at the stage of an articulated mood rather than a program —disillusionment and alienation from white America and independence, race pride and self-respect.”

Black activism played a fundamental role in the launch of the Asian American civil rights movement, but Asians and Asian Americans influenced black radicals as well.

Black activists often cited the writings of China’s communist leader Mao Zedong. Also, a founding member of the Black Panther Party—Richard Aoki—was Japanese American. A military veteran who spent his early years in an internment camp, Aoki donated weapons to the Black Panthers and trained them in their use.

References:

History of the Asian American Civil Rights Movement. Nadra Kareem Nittle. September 30, 2019. Retrieved from:
          https://www.thoughtco.com/asian-american-civil-rights-movement-history-2834596

Yidi Chen ASA002 Week 5

After reading the article, "Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia" by Shanon Deloso, I realized that sometimes it is not people who choose to be silent. It is sometimes people have no choice but to obey it. Looking back to the history of China, how many resistances were succeeded? Those cases were few and far between. Why is that? China's rulers were focusing on eliminating the flame of revolt, so most Chinese genetic genes are used to recognize the unintelligent survived. In other words, sometimes the personal strength is too small. You can not imagine how dark the government could be on the other side. Although it is hard to stand out, I do believe that do or not do is two different cases. Silence can only make it worse. Due to the discrimination of Asian America Women in the United States, as considered as a minority, they need to stand out for themselves, to show their strength so that people will respect you instead of bully you. The funny thing is that, at least in my belief, the most racist people have fragile heart, lack of self-confident. They want to be noticed and doing discrimination is the way they choose to show people that they are tough and strong.

Question: Are there any organizations that actually help people from discrimination?

Patrick Choi A04 Week 3 Blog

Patrick Choi
A04
Week 3

While conducting our reading for this week, one part that struck me was the paragraph describing progressive thought today. Yes, it is a step in the right direction to advocate for social justice regarding sexism, racism, etc., but it does not do enough to sufficiently challenge institutional oppression. I think I really related to that because I realized I was part of the progressive thought who was proud of ideas of advocating for social justice, because I thought that was what I was supposed to do. I didn't think it was only the beginning of what I needed to do.I am excited to learn more about what I can do as a student and member of society to sufficiently challenge those in power.

I liked the idea of trying to question our accepted norms and conduct reverse social engineering. I think many of us have had a point in their lives where they realize that alot of the norms they take for granted as natural are a product of something more complex or deliberate, and often shouldn't be a norm. One really simple example I had was when I fully learned about the crimes Christopher Columbus committed. I couldn't believe someone so horrible who has brought so much pain to the communities he took over was taught to me as just another genius famous historical figure during elementary school. It's pretty sad to remember me coloring pages of him drawn as a lovable cartoon figure. It just shows how euro-centric our education system can be, even from elementary school. I feel like that narrative would be like if schools taught Hitler as someone likeable because he brought Germany out an economic depression and just forget to mention he started the Holocaust.

One question I have would be as college students, what should we do to fight academia's oppression? I think it is really cool how a class offered by the university is teaching us about its critiques on the university and institutional oppression, but I think most other classes wouldn't do that. So as a university student, what should I follow if the university itself is an example of institutional oppression? I guess one answer could be to continue looking for classes like this, whether in the ASA department or perhaps another subject, that is willing to critique the university. The reading mentions reverse social engineering but I feel that doing it alone would be very difficult, so I am glad we have this class to teach us.


References: 
Eşanu, Eugen. “Norms Decide User Behaviour.” Medium, UX Planet, 4 Nov. 2019, uxplanet.org/behavioural-economics-descriptive-norms-97770a32a094.

Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Yandong Zhang ASA2 A04 Week 5

After reading the article, “Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia”, I learned that we need to stand out and fight for ourselves to protect our rights when we are treated unequally. Silence makes us vulnerable and makes other people think we are weak and easily bullied. Due to gender and race discrimination, Asian American women students are always facing unequal treatment in academia. Under the compression and the control, there should be someone to stand up to face those in power. However, we often need more than one person. A group of people can always give more power than one person. Every Asian American woman should stand out and fight for their rights. They should know that everyone has the responsibility to protect their rights and needs within the academy. The more people stand out, the more those in power are afraid. This is one of the reasons that we need to form organizations to help each other. Through working together, we can make our life better. And our children will be spared the pain.

Question: Are there some well-known organizations that helps Asian Americans in the United States?

References:

Campbell, A. F., & Ellerbeck, A. (2020, April 16). Federal agencies are doing little about the rise in anti-Asian hate. Retrieved April 26, 2020, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/federal-agencies-are-doing-little-about-rise-anti-asian-hate-n1184766

Bowen Xu, A04, Week 5

ASA 002 A04

Bowen Xu

2020.04.25

In this week's readings, what impressed me is the relevant content of SFSU student leader Deloso. Compared to tragedies in previous readings, this week I found an optimistic role. In this article called "Precariously Positioned", Deloso explained how she found her confidence and explored her abilities in the struggles, and led Asian women students to experience amazing power. Under the background of not being optimistic, she led the students of ethnic college to gather demonstrations time and time again, aiming to let the school understand the importance and attention that the ethnic research institute needs and how important the students' enthusiasm is, so that they need to get Respect and reservation. As a personal experience, Deloso wrote a lot of inner mental journey and his own development. An image of a young leader that has grown up with continuous exercise appears in the text.

There are two points that impress me the most. The first is the tangled experience that deloso has experienced. "Is this the right thing to do? Am I really going to fight against authority when I was raised all my life to respect those who are older and who know better? "In fact, many of us are used to being influenced by the social order that has been set and lost in this hidden stereotype. I think a person is respected not because of his age, but because of what he did and his moral conduct. After experiencing a ideological struggle, Deloso was determined to choose what he thought was right, which made me feel very encouraged. The second point is about her interpretation of the University of California system. In the article, Deloso mentioned that the school is accustomed to using a soft and negative management method to let students gradually reduce the impact and control of campus affairs. As a student at the University of California system, this made me feel a little scared. I hope everyone can become more sober and alert. When their rights and aspirations cannot be expressed and exerted, they can stand out and say what they want.

                                                                           Reference

Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp.144-158.

week 5 blog by yulin Bai

       Week 5 blog 

  After reading this week, I feel a lot. In reading, I mentioned that the weak position of Asian women in the academic field is not that they are not good at cooperation. There is no denying that the academic field, like most fields, is dominated by men. It is believed that women's weak position in academic cooperation results in their academic achievements significantly weaker than men's. But I don't think women's weak position in academic field is that they are not good at cooperation. In fact, Asian female scholars have more cooperative posts, so they are not bad at cooperation. However, the academic achievement of female scholars is not higher than that of male scholars. According to this logic, we should encourage Asian women to engage in more academic cooperation.

Asian American women may face more resistance in academic cooperation. In the research on the role of gender and academic cooperation in academic achievements, I think Asian American women scholars will face more resistance in the process of academic cooperation and ultimately forming academic achievements. When they show a male role, their behavior is considered negative, thus hindering cooperation.

question：How to solve the discrimination of Asian female scholars in cooperation?

References:

Deloso, S. (2019). Precariously Positioned: Asian American Women Students’ Negotiating Power in Academia. Fight the Tower. United States: Rutgers University Press

Qi Chen A04 WEEK5

Sunday, April 26th, 2020

Qi Chen,

ASA 002 A04 

Week 5 Blog

The Cost of Speak Out The Truth

After reading the passage The Cost of Speaking from W.P., I recalled a movie I had seen: Truth. Similar to the author of this article, heroine Mary Maples is also an outstanding female worker, and she is also in deep pain after telling the truth. In the article, W.P. was punished again and again just because he reported that he was treated unfairly as an excellent professor. I think that's the cost of speaking for her: being sued, being shut down, being brought out from school. She paid a high fee but not being helped by a lawyer, blocked funding for grants, travels, teaching, the research was assisted by nobody at all.

In the movie, Truth, Mary Maples is a news producer who is in charge of finding stories. She is against power and devoted to the truth of news with her negotiation, is rigorous, discerning, smart, and brave. She worked in journalism for more than 20 years and won two Emmy Awards, just like the author of the article, whose "research, teaching, and service were way ahead of her white male colleague." 

(Truth, 2015)

After painstaking collection and verification, what he decided to report was the military service scandal of President Bush in the re-election.However, the news broadcast caused a strong response, no one to question the president or dare not to question. They don't care about the truth, they question the authenticity of the news with the font of the information. Under the pressure of witness interest groups, they began to overturn the earlier testimony, and netizens put Mary on the head of the crime of "fooling American citizens". They selectively lost memory of Mary's outstanding contributions, some driven by interests. Some people just want to find time to vent their bad moods.

Mary was investigated. She faced dozens of so-called independent investigation groups alone. In the first two sessions, she restrained her personality and chose to give in. In order to reduce the variables, the investigation team postponed the third inquiry until after the presidential election, and Bush was re-elected as has he wished. At this point, even if Mary rebelled, it would not help. In the last ten minutes of the inquiry, Mary made a beautiful defensive counterattack. She was logical and incisive enough to make the presiding judge of the investigation team look like a vegetable.
 Mary Maples won professional dignity but lost her job. Like her, W.P. was fighting for her rights. But they faced power. It makes us wonder if we should speak when the cost is so high.

Question: Will telling the truth make the society develop positively?

Reference

Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, pp.142-143.