We saw the tragedy of the Soek-fang Sim in this week's reading. A Singapore Chinese scholar who received her Ph.D. in London. She is an award-winning professor with the highest rank and is well-liked by her students. Such an excellent professor, far superior to others in his academic field, was ridiculed for his accent and discriminated against because of the color of his skin. She should have been praised, but she was surrounded by rumors, and what she heard was never enough, never good enough. Her story is not unique. Asian women have long endured unfair treatment in western academic fields dominated by white men. Just because she has an Asian accent, does that mean she can't understand science? Just because her skin is yellow does that make her incohesive? It's just discrimination. It's a stereotype. Moreover, influenced by the model minority myth, people have high expectations of Asians, but Asians are also human beings, not different from whites except in color. Why should Asian Americans go unnoticed by publishing a dozen books while whites get credit for one article? We're the same people. Asians don't know how to do calculus from birth. We need to be treated fairly. We need the same opportunities. We need praise.
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My question is: how do you tell the difference between lost opportunities because of incompetence and because of discrimination.
Reference
Valverde, K.C., W.P. Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars Resistance And Renewal in the Academy New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University
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