In the article “Pain + Love = Growth: The Labor of Pinayist Pedagogical Praxis”, the author Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano introduced Pinays, which is women faculty of color, and talked about Pinay scholar activists. Those Pinay scholars born to immigrant parents, and they have interests and inquiry into her life and her transformation. However, due to their color and gender, they suffered discrimination in academia. Women in color has always been at a disadvantage in the workplace because of the racial stereotyping. In the article “‘Talented Women of Colour are Blocked’-Why are There so few Black Female Professors?”, one of the authors, Yaz, talked about her experience in her career. She was informed that she should not be writing at the standard because of her race and gender, and she had to have struggle to write. Also, she knew many talented black female academics move and achieve successful academic careers but failed to reach their career ambitions due to their gender and color.
In my opinion, the inequality and discrimination in academia would lead to a loss of talented people in academia, which is not conductive to the development of the academic community. Thus, it is necessary to appeal to people against the prejudice and discrimination against women in color in order to match their abilities and status and to promote the progress in academia.
Reference
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
Osho, Yaz., Jones, Cecily., & Franklin, Sabine. (Feb 5, 2019). ‘Talented Women of Colour are Blocked’-Why are There so few Black Female Professors?. Retrieved fromhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/05/talented-women-of-colour-are-blocked-why-are-there-so-few-black-female-professors.
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