This week, we are assigned to read the class reading of "the Cost of Speaking" in Fight The Tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. The story introduced a professor failed to get the promotion simply due to the race. In order to fight for equal rights, this professor stands out and speaks out. However, college revenge by employing top lawyers to win the case. The cost is obvious that the professor's rights severely shrink. On the other hand, we can also see a brave Asianundergraduate student leader. She never stops her efforts to 'wake up' others and strike for justice.
What I want to say is that it's always difficult to protest for equal rights. It reminds me of how African Americans endeavored for equal rights. It's like a similar path for Asian Americans. However, Asian Americans should speak up more to the public of how they suffer from these "invisible" stereotype and how the unjust situation influence and affect them.
The stereotype happens a lot in real life and I can feel it especially in the period of COVID-19. There are many malicious posts toward Chinese and China on Twitter. Also, many presses ever posted Asians were beaten by other Americans simply because of his appearance in the COVID-19 period. Things like this happen more often than before due to the intrigue of coronavirus influence. It's necessary to be rational instead of blaming one country or race.
Q: Why is it so hard for Asians to gain equal rights in the United States?
Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
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