According to
“Fight the Tower: Women of Color in Academia Manifesto in Prologue: Taking
Action: Asian American Faculty against Injustices in the Academy,” Shirley Hune
discussed that Asian Americans experienced discrimination and struggled with
having equal rights throughout the history. She illustrated that Asian
Americans encountered unfair treatment in the academic field because they did
not have equal chances as native Americans to be admitted in the college. Even
the working condition for Asian Americans was hostile as they could hardly get
promotion and they received less salary compared with other race colleagues.
The history of
the racism experienced by Asian Americans leads me to think about how Asian
Americans can fight for equal rights. “Yellow Peril,” as Hune mentioned in the
article, is a color-metaphor that East Asians are dangerous and threaten
America. This form of xenophobia is the origin of discrimination against Asian
Americans. It distorted the figure of Asians. To protest this stereotype, Asian
Americans and people who are in a similar situation should voice out their
thoughts and share their experiences. For instance, Eleanor Homes Norton
created the amendment called “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,”
which created a trend of social awareness of sexual harassment in the
workplace. Her statement let the public notice the importance of the issue,
leading the Supreme Court to declare that sexual harassment was a crime. From
this story above, we should express our opinions rather than being timid when
someone oppresses us because society would not realize the issue and take
action to solve it until you reveal it to the public.
Question: The
media is considered as a great source to eliminate prejudice. However, why the
media is trying to deepen the prejudice against Asian people, such as calling
COVID-19 as Yellow Alarm?
picture source: https://jointheuproar.com/post/154872704592/one-race-human-designed-by-saish-kotecha
reference:
Valverde, Kieu-Linh Caroline (2013) "Fight the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of
Color in Academia," Seattle Journal for Social Justice: Vol. 12: Iss. 2, Article 5.
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