Jiawen Shou A04 Week 3

This week's reading discusses the role of Asian American Women in higher educations. Valverde and Dariotis in the reading mentioned a statistics where Asian American women in higher education positions are much less likely to get promoted in comparison to white women. Asian American already face many racism and discriminations, Asian American women population are even weaker in this population. One reason that I can think of is the gender inequality that exists as a whole. Women, no matter races, already face many problems and inequities in work such as unequal pay. Asian American women in work, need to overcome the barrier of racism as well as the barrier of genre inequality. Asian American women also need to work much harder in order to get a better position. The phrase that the reading talks about is “Privileged Oppressed”. Privilege and oppression work in opposite ways and have opposite meanings. Privilege is when a person is being favored. Oppression is when a person is being discriminated against. It’s difficult to understand the phrase “Privileged Oppressed” but Asian American is truly being oppressed. 

The research paper "“I Am More Than What I Look Alike”: Asian American Women in Public School Administration" aims to examine the leadership experiences of Asian American women in public schools since little research has been done in this field. In the conclusion of the paper, the author says that, “by centering on the lived experiences of Asian American women, this study adds a new intersectionality, positionality, and voice to the established knowledge about women of color and educational leadership.” Asian American women need more recognitions for their ability and knowledge. A lot of people’s impressions of Asian population are still old histories from the last centuries. Many should focus on the present instead of looking back at the old stories.

Reference: Liang, J. “G., & Peters-Hawkins, A. L. (2016). “I Am More Than What I Look Alike.” Educational Administration Quarterly, 53(1), 40–69. doi: 10.1177/0013161x16652219

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.