Asian Americans are taking lessons from a long history of being scapegoated as they push back against bigotry and “a virus of hate” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In this March 31, 2020, photo, Kyle Navarro poses in San Francisco. The school nurse was recently unlocking his bicycle when an older white man called him a racial slur and spat at him. Asian Americans are using social media to organize and fight back against racially motivated attacks during the coronavirus pandemic, which the FBI predicts will increase as infections grow.
“My first instinct was to yell back at him in anger. But, after taking a breath, I realized that would have put me in danger,” Navarro said. To that end, the California-based groups Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council set up a“We kind of just knew from history this was going to snowball,” said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action. “With the rising stress and anxiety, we knew we’d see a rise in hate incidents.”
Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House worry the damage has been done and have introduced resolutions to condemn anti-Asian racism. The president’s words also drew some Asian Americans in entertainment and fashion to the #WashTheHate social media campaign last month. Celia Au, star of the Netflix show “Wu Assassins,” and others posted videos showing them washing their hands and talking about the effect of racism.
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