Congzhi Jiang
Week 4
Section 01
Asian American women seem to have a ceiling over their head. Some people might call it as ‘glass ceiling’ while some might call it as ‘bamboo ceiling’. Because of the ceiling, even when Asian American women advance in their careers, they continue to feel like they are not supposed to aim higher (Tso, 2018). It doesn’t matter what career she’s in. She could be a hard-working professor, just like Seok Fang Sim. She could be a photographer who’s never assumed to be the one behind the camera. She could be an excellent marketing specialist who is forever assumed to be “not good enough” to be promoted to a manager position. When they decide to overcome the ceiling and walk up the ladder, they have to walk through the long journey of being constantly mocked, belittled, silenced, denied by others, as the professor Varvelde mentioned in class.
To be honest, it’s hard for me to say I can completely relate to this issue, because the only category that I share with the “Asian American woman” is that I’m an Asian. I’m neither an American nor a woman. However, I still understand this issue should be not “their” problem, but “our” problem. After all, we all connected. We should collaborate and work on this together. The question is, what are the best ways to help and support them?
Liou, Doris. (2018). https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/asian-american-women-face-a-glass-ceiling-and-a-bamboo-ceiling-at-work.html
Tso, T. D. (2018, August 8). Asian American Women Are Hitting Both a Glass Ceiling and a Bamboo Ceiling in Their Workplaces. Retrieved from https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/asian-american-women-face-a-glass-ceiling-and-a-bamboo-ceiling-at-work.html
To be honest, it’s hard for me to say I can completely relate to this issue, because the only category that I share with the “Asian American woman” is that I’m an Asian. I’m neither an American nor a woman. However, I still understand this issue should be not “their” problem, but “our” problem. After all, we all connected. We should collaborate and work on this together. The question is, what are the best ways to help and support them?
Liou, Doris. (2018). https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/asian-american-women-face-a-glass-ceiling-and-a-bamboo-ceiling-at-work.html
Tso, T. D. (2018, August 8). Asian American Women Are Hitting Both a Glass Ceiling and a Bamboo Ceiling in Their Workplaces. Retrieved from https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/asian-american-women-face-a-glass-ceiling-and-a-bamboo-ceiling-at-work.html
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