We are assigned two
fabulous readings this week, one of them is “Opening the Box: An International
Asian Woman Scholar's Fight” by Akiko Takeyama and the other is "Hmong
Does Not Mean Free: The Miseducation of and by Hmong Americans" by Kaozong
N. Mouavangsou. I was resonate when I read what Prof.TakeyamaI wrote in the
section “Prior to Tenure”. Before I became a reader of the Mathematics
department, I always think being a professor is a relaxing thing since
professors don’t have to deal with too many human relationships, but I was
wrong. Students can be very aggressive and impolite when they don’t get the
grades they expected. I received numerous malicious comments and emails when I
work as a reader since the Fall quarter of 2019. As an Asian woman professor,
Akiko must endure the difficulty and pressure that I can’t imagine since
professors can face much much more shadow sides of students. I had already been
very depressed because I was questioned by the grading of the homework; how
helpless and sad Professor Akiko could feel when the suspect not only came from
the students but also came from her colleagues and supervisors? When she wanted
to contradict these malicious comments and questions toward her, how much
effort she had made to use the language that is not her mother tongue
correctly? I am extremely impressed by her toughness and respect for all the
accomplishments she made!
Reference
Takeyama Akiko,
"Opening the Box: An International Asian Woman Scholar's Fight", New
Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
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from: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/harvard-latinos-diversity-debate.html
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