Section: A03
Week 9 Blog
This week's reading material, "Pain + Love = Growth: The Labor of Pinayist Pedagogical Praxis" by Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano, claims that how are people oppressed by imperialism, how could people revolt against the Empire and how could people extend the work of Pinayist pedagogical praxis.
The author described some people who are second-generation born to immigrant parents. They live at the bottom of the society and can only find some inferior works. Moreover, they always get the short end of the stick at work. However, second-generation immigrants just want to survive in society as other races. Then they realized that their silence could not help them anymore. Therefore, they have united together to fight against imperialism. When their members increased, their power for revolting against society also strengthened. Finally, they create an equation "Pain + Love = Growth" for their work that is resistant Empire.
In my perspective, everyone is equal in society, and we should not discriminate anyone because of their races. Their races cannot show their personality and characteristic. Hence, I think ability and educational background are essential for a person. Though a person is a second-generation immigrant, he grew up in the United States. His background is the same as American and there is no difference from locals. If a company interviews second-generation immigrants and American people at the same time, they should look at their resume, and according to their interview, evaluate them from their ability instead of their races. In this way, everyone is competing fairly for their jobs. Meanwhile, companies should not ignore people who are of high capability and high education. Companies can employ workers they want, and employees can find their favorite jobs at length. In the picture below, we can see that since 1970, the number of immigrants has been increasing in the U.S. Therefore, people should eliminate prejudice against immigrants.
Question: Why people have prejudices for second-generation immigrants?
Camarota, S. A., & Zeigler, K. (n.d.). Immigrants in the United States. Retrieved from https://cis.org/Report/Immigrants-United-States
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.
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