After reading the article "Taking Action: Asian American Faculty against Injustices in the Academy," I found that from long time ago, Asian Americans were not treated as equals in the United States, especially in educational access and rights. Whether it's that Asian kids can't go to the same schools as white kids or Asian women teachers can't get promoted to professors, they all expose a serious problem that Asian Americans are treated unfairly in the academic field.
Just like Shirley Hune said in her article, “Higher education institutions are not simply places of learning. They are workplaces that mirror social hierarchies and contested politics.” School is the simplest society, and the problems in schools are the most intuitive reflection of the problems in society. The most common stereotype of Asian American people is like “successful”, but we can't ignore some Asian Americans who live in an economically precarious situation because of such a stereotype. The wealth inequality among Asian Americans is greater than we thought. A large part of Asian Americans struggle economically and they even can’t get equal treatment in education which is very sad.
My question is if Asian Americans are treated unfairly in school today, how can they defend their rights?
References:
Weller, C. E., & Thompson, J. (2016, December 20). Wealth Inequality Among Asian Americans Greater Than Among Whites. Retrieved from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2016/12/20/295359/wealth-inequality-among-asian-americans-greater-than-among-whites/
Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press.
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