Xin Nie, A04, week 10

After reading "Conclusion: Academics Awaken: Power, Resistance, and Being Woke" by the authors Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde and Wei Min Dariotis. We have been discussing the role of Asian Americans in academia as well as their fight for justice in the academic system this season. This chapter, a good summary of not only the book but also the course, reminds the readers why we should fight and why we should make ourselves heard. As the Covid-19 has currently triggered a wave of anti-Asian racism in the United States with no sign of weakening, Asian Americans spit on in the streets, facing harassment and insult. The family members of Asian Americans are threatened by the virus as much as any other family, while their fellow countrymen blame the virus on them and even attack children, which is beyond my apprehension. In the George Floyd incident recently, if he were a white man, things would turn out to be quite different. After watching the video, I felt irritated by the crime of law enforcement officials, for this is not the first time that US law enforcement officials have used violence inappropriately. It also reflects a systemic problem in human rights in the United States that discrimination based on racial, ethnic, and religious reasons have led to various problems such as the arbitrary use of violence by police during law enforcement and the prejudice in the judicial system, which are practical issues in human rights of American society. However, the current wave of racism provides an unprecedented opportunity for vulnerable Asian Americans to unite themselves and fight for true equality. This battle cannot be won by Asian Americans alone.

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