ASA 2 A03
Week 3 Blog
For this week's blog, I want to start it with a quote, "power in and of itself need not be oppressive; it can be the power to heal, the power to support, the power to enable, or the power to inspire change" (Lorde, 1983). The process of social engineering is closely related to the history of colonialism and imperialism. In the book, the author mentions that both white supremacy and Asian American model minority myth derived from oppression. "Through the model minority myth, Asian American history has been re-narrated by the dominant culture to erase whole histories of oppression and cross-ethnic and cross-racial solidarity movements"(p. 44). The oxymoron leads to the Asian American's "overintellectual" image. More often, they are described as "hard workers" without any desire, ability or resources to advocate for themselves. The prejudice needs to be broke and it is going to be the most trying struggle since the negative demonstration exists for such a long time. The goal of the fighting against tower is not simply asking for a position, instead, they ask for a general alteration of all these misunderstandings and assumptions underlining their lives. (Lorde, 2007, p. 127). Emotions such as anger stimulate the willingness of fighting, whereas knowledge, research and the sharing of experiences contribute to the enhancement of power through voice. I really appreciate how the authors of the book choose to stand out and call on the fight against unequal treatments toward Asian Americans, especially women in academia.
If there is no racism speeches toward Asian American on the outbreaks of covid-19, will the president tweet like this?
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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