Yuwei Wang ASA 002 001 Week 2 Blog

Today I continued to read “Fight the Tower” by Valverde and Dariotis. In the chapters I read today, the author describes the unfair things experienced by Asian American People. While talking about this issue, it is easy for us to think about the famous Harvard University lawsuit happening last year: Asian Americans with high grades and many activities are waitlisted and finally failed to enter the university because of their race. Sadly, this is not a single example.



  This is a chart of the different college admission rate in different SAT ranges of four major race in the US: White, Black, Hispanic and Asian. Surprisingly, Black was the race with higher admission rate in most SAT ranges, then followed Hispanic, when the SAT score exceeds 1200, its admission rate even exceeds the white. The results made me think of a case I read in the news. A boy from India had an interview of a college, then he was rejected. But after that, he used his dark skin color to pretend as a black international student, while all other factors remained the same (of course, not the same, but not better than the previous attempt). This time, he was admitted. This is enough to reveal this issue. But why Asian faces often had low admission rate?

  Still, stereotype. According to Valverde and Dariotis, Asian Americans are falsely perceived as “passive and without the desire, ability, or resources to advocate for themselves”. (Valverde&Dariotis, 2020) This somewhat “weak” stereotype makes their single voice muted by others, carrying the bad endings themselves. But what about multiple voices? In the book, Valverde has started “Fight the Tower” campaign, in which calls Asian American people to resist. I really appreciate the courage in the raiser and her member’s soul. I believe the situation will be far better with the campaign being raised.



References

1.      Supiano, Beckie. "Asian Applicants Wonder about Higher Admissions Bar: Is Admissions Tougher on Asians?" The Chronicle of Higher Education (2012): The Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 December 2012. Web.

2.      Espenshade, Thomas J., Chang Young. Chung, and Alexandria Walton Radford. No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life (2009). Web.

Valverde, Kieu-Linh Caroline, and Wei Ming Dariotis. Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy. 2020. Prin