ASA 2 A03
Week 2 Blog
While reading the prologue, I was quite shocked by the intersectional faculty data of Asian Americans in the professoriate offered by Shirley Hune. She illustrates the point that how Asian Americans, especially women are treated improperly in academia. For instance, the group only occupied "6 percent of assistant professors, 4 percent of associate professors, and 2 percent of full professors" in 2013 (p. 9). In contrast, "white males were 36 percent of assistant professors but 44 percent and 58 percent of associate professors and full professors, respectively" (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016). Ironically, one of the most common stereotypes of Asian Americans is that they are " hard workers, high achievers, and economically successful" (p. 2). The misleading figure of a model minority group leads to further racism and discrimination. Others would never praise the group open-armed. Instead, if an Asian American achieved success in whatever fields, most likely people are going to act like it is the way it should be. However, if Asian American individuals act and perform like everyone else, the realities will be denied. Academic supports and services do not belong to the group because they are considered as a model minority. For entering the same college, the average score of SAT and other language tests of Asian Americans is relatively higher than other races. Although we can comprehend the status as the race is better at taking examinations, however, it is also an unfair treatment of Asian Americans. Why do they need to enter the school with a higher grade than others?
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References:
Valverde, K. L. C. (2019, October 11). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books/
about/Fight_the_Tower.html?id=pPy9DwAAQBAJ
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