Qianyang Hu ASA2 A02 Week5

In the reading “The Cost of Speaking", the author talked about her experience to illustrate that "money equals power equals truth". She made a comparison about the cost of speaking and the cost of not speaking. We live in an age when unfairness and inequality happen to us almost every day, but we don't help ourselves. Actually, we can't. The author's professor promotion application was denied because of her race and gender. She made a tough decision to stand out and speak out for herself. Then, she filed the complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity which is a policy that requires employers not to discriminate employees and job applicants based on their race, age, color, sex, religion and national origin. The president hired five top lawyers to file a lawsuit against her, requiring her to pay a large amount of money. The result was obvious as the author as an Asian American woman was not protected by legal laws in a considerably fair way. Unfortunately, she paid the price. In fact, Asian Americans are facing similar issues right now. However, most people have no ideas about what Asian Americans are experiencing. If I did not take the Asian American study this quarter, I will be one of them, too. Those vicious stereotypes were really impressed. I believe that Asian Americans should spare no effort to pursue their justice and right, just like W.P did. Although the result may not be desirable, their efforts will work eventually. In the reading The Rise of the Chinese-American Rights", the new generation of Chinese activism was a huge success.

Question: what is the most effective way for Asian Americans to stand out and speak out for equal rights?



Image comes from:
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2017/08/04/sessions-asian-americans-affirmative-action-margaret-burnham

Reference:

Valverde, Kieu-Linh Caroline. (2013) “Fight the Tower: A Call to Action of Women of Color in Academia”. Seattle Journal for Justice, Vol. 12, Iss. 2, Article 5. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol12/iss2/5

Xiaoqing, R. (2019, July 17). The Rise of the Chinese-American Right. Retrieved from https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/chinese-american-right-new-generations-immigrants/