After reading “The Cost of Speaking” by W.P. this week, I was impressed by his experience. He was denied by the college he worked because he was thought not good enough. In fact, his ability is very excellent, and his research, teaching and service were way ahead of other white male colleague. Thus, the author was denied just because he is from China.
I was surprised by this experience which make me realize that how serious the discrimination in academia. That is not only thing that happened to Chinese people. In the article of “Not an Isolated Incident” by Elizabeth Redden, the author talks about an event happened in Duke University. A duke University faculty member and the director of graduate studies for a master’s program in biostatistics wrote to students and advised them not to speak Chinese in the student lounge, and they would find out and remember those students if they applied for internships or to work with them in the future. I felt disappointed after knowing this event. In my opinion, I do not think there is anything wrong with people talking privately after class in their mother tongue. However, discrimination exists very much. For example, Elizabeth says some students thought they felt contempt by their accent. Many students did not report this since they were fears of deportation, retaliation from faculty members, or there would be negative consequences to their F1 visa. However, Lee, who was written about international students’ experiences of neo-racism, hoped that Duke University’s event can send a message to international student they can be protected. Thus, when students should fight back then they think they are discriminated against.
Image from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/05/weighing-duke-case-experts-discuss-discrimination-against-international-students-and
Question: Is it really helpful to stand out and fight back when facing racism? What should people do?
Reference
Redden, Elizabeth. (2019, Feb 5). “Not an Isolated Incident”. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/05/weighing-duke-case-experts-discuss-discrimination-against-international-students-and
W.P. “The Cost of Speaking”.
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