After reading the article, “Killing Machine: Exposing the Health Threats to Asian American Women Scholars in Academia”, we learn more about the problem of racism and sexism that Asian American Women face in the academic area. Just like the author said that “Even today Asian American women still hit the age-old ’bamboo ceiling’ as Asians who are stereotyped as passive and unlikely to be leaders.” Many Asian women professors are in such a tense working environment. Under the huge prejudices, their efforts and talents cannot be seen by others, and they even have been in a depressed spirit of oppression, suffering both physically and mentally.
Needless to say, this unhealthy work environment is unfair to Asian American women. You can't question a person's ability based on their skin color or gender, it is too one-sided to judge a person in this way. Because of such severe discrimination pressure, many Asian American women have to quit their jobs, suffer from depression and even die. All the vivid examples remind us that we should pay more attention to such a group, and they need to be treated fairly without paying attention to their gender and race.
My question is what work organization can do to help Asian American women create a healthier work environment for them?
References：
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.
Chow, Kat. “What's Keeping Asian-American Lawyers From Ascending The Legal Ranks?” NPR, NPR, 31 July 2017, www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/07/31/538299755/whats-keeping-asian-american-lawyers-from-ascending-the-legal-ranks.
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