Georgina Liu ASA 002 A03 Week 2

Georgina Liu

ASA 002 A03

Week 2 Blog

When I read the prologue named “Taking Action: Asian American Faulty against Injustices in the Academy,” I noticed the well-known stereotype for Asian Americans. According to the article titled “Misguided Stereotypes,” “Asian Americans are stereotyped as hard workers, high achievers, and economically successful — a model minority group that, in this view, no longer encounters the racial discrimination of the past.” As a result, when Asian Americans fight for their civil right and access to opportunities, services, and resources, they always face some obstacles. These Asian Americans even are treated as “Yellow Peril” and are triangulated between Blacks and Whites.

I had an Asian American friend named Sarah in my college. One day she was so upset and told me that a white girl asked her a question about the lecture notes on math class. But Sarah even not figure the problem out by herself. When she failed to answer this question, she saw the disappointment of that girl’s eyes. The stereotype for Asian Americans makes this white girl believe that Asian people are more hard-working or intelligent. However, everyone has his or her unique ability in different areas. Some people may solve the scientific question quickly, and others may experience in writing. The false stereotype which depicts Asian Americans as high-intelligent people with amazing accomplishment is awful. From my perspective, people of different races should work together to build a better future instead of discriminating and making stereotypes towards Asian Americans.

 Besides, my question for this article name “Misguided Stereotypes” is whether the stereotype for Asian Americans comes from their ingratiation towards other races or the society when they first arrived in the United States. If it is possible that as new immigrants, these Asian Americans work harder to get jobs and bring other people a sense of hard workers and high achievers?

Reference:

Shirley, H. (2019). “Prologue: Taking Action: Asian American Faculty against Injustices in the Academy.” Fight the Tower. Rutgers University Press. 

Mixingupblog. (2012). Asian/Asian American Identity Campaign at IC. [Online Image]. Retrieved from https://mixingupblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/asianasian-american-identity-campaign-at-ic/