In this week’s reading “Opening the Box: An International Asian Woman Scholar’s Fight,” Akiko described the difficulties that she faced in academia. She explained how she won tenure by bringing up and speaking up about the problem of the system against strongly biased stereotypes. I think Akiko’s approach is very admirable with the courage she shows and the undefeatable willpower as a fighter against social norms. As we discussed in the class, this is a great example of fighting against social profiling. For a lot of the time, social profiling exists hidden because people don’t realize the subtle influence model minority has exerted on the expectation of different people based on their ethnicity. As a result, the standard of diversity is rather low. Having some brown faces in the institution or black professor doesn’t mean diversity. Diversity is represented by respect to all races with equal treatment.
I felt very relatable with her language struggle in the reading. It causes even more difficulties when publishing books. However, as the hard truth talked in class, we know that normally it is not enough for a prof to just write a book and yet, no one considers one as a good professor if one cares for students or mentor students.
Above is the picture was taken from Yale which students started movements about courses arent offered. This is also an act of protest and speaking up against institutions.
References
Takeyama Akiko, "Opening the Box: An International Asian Woman Scholar's Fight", New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Len Patel, Yale Daily: Yale Hires Professor of Asian American Lit as Pressure Mounts to Expand Asian American Studies https://asamnews.com/2015/09/10/yale-daily-yale-hires-professor-of-asian-american-lit-as-pressure-mounts-to-expand-asian-american-studies/
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