Lisa Meng, ASA 002, Sec: A01, Week 3

    One of the articles that i read for this week is "Waking" by W.P.  The poem sounds very heavy to me, and after i read about the narrative, i understand why. As women of color, we are lonely. We work extra hard to prove ourselves to others that we have the ability to complete our works efficiently and perfectly. We work through colleagues to make sure everyone could accept us and treat us as their real friends.

    I remember i came to U.S. when i was 11 years old. I attended sixth grade in elementary school, and i was nervous. I don't know how others see me, and i am not sure how to make friends. I make effort to be their friends, so every holidays, i would brought some candies to class and share with everyone. My relationship with my classmates was getting better everyday, and i feel like i am part of them, until one day a girl stoles my pencil. I was 100% sure that she had my pencil, but she makes herself look innocent. No one trusts what i said, and i feel distant from them again. 

    The lesson i learned was no matter how close or how good i treat others, by the end of the day, i am still by myself. Just like the article said, she was making dinners for her colleagues whom she considers friends, but when the college filed the lawsuit, she has nobody to talk to. As women of color, we should know how to be independent, and be strong.

Q: I was wondering what happened to the author and why she got the lawsuit from college. Does she gets any credit for the course she initiated?

References:

Bhattacharya, J. (2019, March 25). Centering Women of Color is the Path Forward to Economic Security for Millennials. Retrieved from https://medium.com/economicsecproj/centering-women-of-color-is-the-path-forward-to-economic-security-for-millennials-3ce3eda36bb0

W.P. (2013). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy: Waking. Rutgers University Press.