Lingling Huang ASA002 A03 Week2

Lingling Huang

ASA 002 A03

Week 2

From this week's reading "Taking Action: Asian American Faculty Against Injustices in the Academy" by Shirley Hune, I feel deeply sad for their experiences but also admire the protesting actions they have done for fighting for their rights to be equally treated. Just as Hune mentioned, most Asian Americans are stereotyped as "hard workers, high achievers and economically successful", and as a result, those students who came from low-income families tend to be overlooked. Moreover, as a minority race in the mainstream American culture, Asian Americans used to be quiet and docile and hence receiving different social treatment than those white males and females. Not only students are forced to be dropped out of the country, but faculties of Asian Americans are also facing "scrutiny" when being hired or promotions and hostile working environments and, especially Asian American women. Even though the issue of sexism has been less prominent, there is still a huge gap between the status of Asian Americans and the so-called native white Americans. I am aware that the conception of racism is profoundly rooted in their brains, therefore, changing their mind is a long way to go. But I am glad to see that most Asian Americans are standing up and starting to fight for the equities in academia.

My question: Has the status of Asian American scholars elevated after their protest?

Reference

Shirley Hune, "Prologue: Taking Actions: Asian American Faculty Against Injustices in the Academy" New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University

The Conversation, "The Long History of US racism against Asina Americans, from 'Yellow Peril' to 'model minority' to the 'Chinese virus'"

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