Well, how do you know for sure? None of us can conclude if it's truly a Big Racist Thing by her fellow Stanford-ians without more data. We're not physically her. And, dismissing her feelings is an invalid reaction - they are her feelings.
From her words, she's basically feeling confirmation of being stereotyped for her race. She's talking about her feelings in this article. Read the article for how it's intended. The tone is emotional, not scientific - she says some speculative exaggerations "[not a day goes by when I'm questioned]" and doesn't back up the racism conclusion from A/B testing, or any investigation of why she is being questioned daily.
It's undeniable there exists racism, and she's apparently experienced enough of fallout from it to have the phrase on hand, "stereotype threat and feelings of isolation."
Now, should her feelings of being underrepresented in society be:
A) ignored and dismissed
B) accepted and discussed
B. Next step could be instead of dismissing, to reach out to her and say, "We are concerned and upset your personal experience is unpleasant in the STEM education world." Everything else, the reconciling / realizing it's "not a big deal" is up to her to decide. She's not at the point where she's publicly rationalizing yet - I guess she's rolling in the emotions currently. So join in with her. That's a first step to helping balance out the unfairness of being a minority.
From her words, she's basically feeling confirmation of being stereotyped for her race. She's talking about her feelings in this article. Read the article for how it's intended. The tone is emotional, not scientific - she says some speculative exaggerations "[not a day goes by when I'm questioned]" and doesn't back up the racism conclusion from A/B testing, or any investigation of why she is being questioned daily.
It's undeniable there exists racism, and she's apparently experienced enough of fallout from it to have the phrase on hand, "stereotype threat and feelings of isolation."
Now, should her feelings of being underrepresented in society be: A) ignored and dismissed B) accepted and discussed
B. Next step could be instead of dismissing, to reach out to her and say, "We are concerned and upset your personal experience is unpleasant in the STEM education world." Everything else, the reconciling / realizing it's "not a big deal" is up to her to decide. She's not at the point where she's publicly rationalizing yet - I guess she's rolling in the emotions currently. So join in with her. That's a first step to helping balance out the unfairness of being a minority.