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People of Color and COVID-19: Asian Americans IV (30 Articles)

People of Color and COVID-19: Asian Americans IV (30 Articles)

Asian Americans invisible in COVID-19 data and in public health response (The Chicago Reporter, 6/16/2020)

https://www.chicagoreporter.com/asian-americans-invisible-in-covid-19-data-and-in-public-health-response/

‘I Will Not Stand Silent:’ 10 Asian Americans Reflect on Racism During the Pandemic and the Need for Equality (Time, 6/25/2020)

https://time.com/5858649/racism-coronavirus/

Asian Americans face dual challenges: Surging unemployment and racism (NBC News, 7/31/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-face-dual-challenges-surging-unemployment-racism-n1235356

‘I was in so much fear that I started running’: Asian Americans must grapple with racism—as well as the coronavirus pandemic (Market Watch, 8/17/2020)

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-was-in-so-much-fear-that-i-started-running-asian-americans-must-grapple-with-racism-as-well-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-08-13

America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian Citizens (National Geographic, 9/2/2020)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/asian-american-racism-covid/

House Passes Resolution to Denounce COVID-19 Racism Toward Asian Americans (NBC NEWS, 9/17/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/house-passes-resolution-denounce-covid-19-racism-toward-asian-americans-n1240385

‘Overlooked’: Asian American Jobless Rate Surges But Few Take Notice (NPR, 10/1/2020)

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/918834644/overlooked-asian-american-jobless-rate-surges-but-few-take-notice

After Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, anti-Asian tweets and conspiracies rose 85% report (NBC News, 10/15/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/after-trump-s-covid-19-diagnosis-anti-asian-tweets-conspiracies-n1243441

Asian-Americans leaders in Minnesota condemn racism related to COVID-19 (Sahan Journal, 10/16/2020)

https://sahanjournal.com/coronavirus/asian-american-minnesota-coronavirus-discrimination/

Ex-Prisoner-turned rapper fights for justice for Asian Americans (AlJazeera, 10/16/2020)

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/10/16/china-mac-prisoner-turned-rapper-fights-for-justice-for-asian-americans

Increased reports of discrimination directed at Asians in Missoula as COVID spreads (Missoula Current, 10/16/2020)

https://missoulacurrent.com/government/2020/10/discrimination-asians-covid/

COVID-19 has taken a toll on Asian American communities in San Francisco (USA Today, 10/18/2020)

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2020/10/18/asian-americans-san-francisco-dying-high-rates-covid-19/3685930001/

Study reveals why some blame Asian Americans for COVID-19 (Ohio State News, 10/20/2020)

https://news.osu.edu/study-reveals-why-some-blame-asian-americans-for-covid-19/

Asian Americans in San Francisco are dying at alarming rates from COVID-19: Racism to blame (USA Today, 10/21/2020)

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/10/18/coronavirus-asian-americans-racism-death-rates-san-francisco/5799617002/

Asian American New Yorkers experienced highest in unemployment during pandemic (NBC News, 10/21/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-new-yorkers-experienced-highest-surge-unemployment-during-pandemic-n1243894

Asian-Americans face racism, other unique challenges during COVID-19 pandemic (11 Alive, 10/22/2020)

https://www.11alive.com/video/news/local/asian-americans-face-racism-other-unique-challenges-during-covid-19-pandemic/85-cc5c8561-4940-431d-98ea-8e2dfb0d18a8

‘Hopefully our dream is not broken.’ Asian American businesses hit especially hard during pandemic (CNN, 10/26/2020)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/24/us/asian-americans-covid-racism-xenophobia-unemployment/index.html

First-hand experiences of Asian American racism in the age of COVID-19 (The Daily Iowan, 10/27/2020)

https://dailyiowan.com/2020/10/27/first-hand-experiences-of-asian-american-racism-in-age-of-covid-19/

COViD-19 Takes Toll on Chinese Americans’ Mental Health (Medpage Today,10/28/2020)

https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/89381

The invisible struggle of the Asian American small-business owner (VOX, 10/29/2020)

https://www.vox.com/21536943/asian-american-restuarant-racism-coronavirus

Asian Americans were hit hardest by unemployment brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows (Business Insider, 10/30/2020)

https://www.businessinsider.com/asian-americans-hit-hardest-by-covid-19-related-unemployment-study-2020-10

What It’s Like for Asian American Candidates During a Pandemic Marked By Racism (NPR, 11/1/2020)

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/01/929960255/what-its-like-for-asian-american-candidates-during-a-pandemic-marked-by-racism

Chinese Americans Face COVID-based Discrimination (WebMD, 11/2/2020)

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201102/chinese-americans-face-covid-based-discrimination

Discrimination increases against Asian and Asian American population, affecting health (Science Daily, 11/2/2020)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201102155412.htm

FACEism: How COVID-19 is resurfacing US history of racism against Asian Americans (Abc7 Eyewitness News, 11/2/2020)

https://abc7.com/hate-crimes-coronavirus-asians-faceism/7534823/

KU study shows Asian Americans affected most by pandemic-related unemployment (13 WIBW, 11/11/2020)

https://www.wibw.com/2020/11/12/ku-study-shows-asian-americans-affected-most-by-pandemic-related-unemployment/

Asian shop owner pepper-sprayed in suspected hate crime (FOX5, 11/11/2020)

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/asian-shop-owner-pepper-sprayed-in-suspected-hate-crime

Opinion: Not enough people talking about anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic (The Student Life (Claremont Colleges), 11/12/2020)

https://tsl.news/opinion-more-people-must-acknowledge-anti-asian-sentiment-during-the-pandemic/

‘Chinese virus’ sign at doctor’s office draws rebuke (NBC News, 11/12/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/chinese-virus-sign-doctor-s-office-draws-rebuke-n1247418

People of Black and Asian descent up to twice as likely to get COVID as white people: meta-analysis (Marketwatch, 11/12/2020)

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-of-black-and-asian-descent-up-to-twice-as-likely-to-get-covid-as-white-people-meta-analysis-2020-11-12

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