Mohinee Sharma ASA 2 A02 Week 3

Reading the introduction to Fight the Tower gives me a clearer understanding of the movement, its roots, and its purpose. Through the definition of phrases such as "social engineering" and "reverse social engineering," the reader is able to get a look at the oppressive forces at work in Academia and how knowing this provides a start to dismantling these oppressive forces. For instance, Asian American women are given a false privilege being model minorities; however, this title only further allows for university administrators to treat Asian American women as inferior since they are socially engineered to show up and not speak up (Valverde, 2013, p. 36). Moreover, Asian American women are especially significant to realizing that the model minority narrative is used to focus attention away from the actual social injustice at play (Valverde, 2013, p. 44). This idea is known as "privileged oppressed," and when Asian American women in Academia are able to realize that they are targets to this narrative, they must take action in reclaiming justice.

This introduction reminds me of the term "imposter complex" which was brought up in our last lecture and refers to feeling as though we are underserving of our accomplishments. This brings me to the question: Are Asian American women more prone to the "imposter complex" since social engineering targets them as the privileged oppressed model minority?


I chose this picture since the title of the introduction chapter is referring to this quote from Star Wars:

References 

Valverde, K.L.C. (2013). Part I. In Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. 

Medrut, F. (2019, November 6). 19 Yoda quotes to keep you away from the dark side. Retrieved from https://www.goalcast.com/2017/12/12/yoda-quotes-star-wars/