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.