By Stephen G. Hall, PhD,
Note: At Historianspeaks.org we are committed to bringing you the most current information on issues impacting Black people and communities of color. This informational blog is the second installment in our new series: People of Color and COVID-19 wil focus on providing information on the impact of the pandemic on Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans and other impacted groups.
‘I don’t have the virus’: Asian Americans in Minnesota confront a COVID-19 backlash (MPRNEWS, 3/25/2020)
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/03/25/asian-americans-in-minnesota-confront-a-covid19-backlash
How Asian-American Leaders Are Grappling With Xenophobia Amid Coronavirus (NYT, 3/29/2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-asian-americans.html
Yang says Asian Americans being attacked over coronavirus is ‘a heartbreaking phenomenon’ (CNN, 4/2/2020)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/andrew-yang-asian-americans-attacked-coronavirus/index.html
How to help struggling Asian American communities amid coronavirus pandemic (NBC News, 4/11/ 2020)
Covid-19 has inflamed racism against Asian-Americans. Here’s how to fight back (CNN, 4/11/2020)
Asian Americans Discrimination And the Coronavirus Crisis (WBUR, 4/14/2020)
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/04/14/george-takei-asian-american-discrimination-coronavirus
Asian Americans Won’t Stop Discrimination By Helping fight COVID-19 (Washington Post, 4/16/2020)
‘Reality is hitting me in the face’: Asian Americans grapple with racism due to COVID-19 (WHYY, 4/21/2020)
Asian Americans already face a mental health crisis. Coronavirus racism could make it worse (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/22/2020)
Asian Americans describe ‘gut punch’ of racist attacks during coronavirus pandemic (PBS, 4/27/2020)
Over 30 percent of Americans have witnessed COVID-19 bias against Asians, poll says (NBC News, 4/28/2020)
Asian Americans in Chicago Feel the Bite of Prejudice During the Spread of the Coronavirus (WBEZ Chicago, 4/31/2020)
Hate Rising? In age of coronavirus, Asian Americans in Orange County are targets (The Orange County Register, 5/1/2020)
Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide (Human Rights Watch, 5/12/2020)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/12/covid-19-fueling-anti-asian-racism-and-xenophobia-worldwide
Rise in hate incidents toward Asian Americans during coronavirus crisis, officials say (Los Angeles Times, 5/14/2020)
Jeremy Lin discussed how Asian Americans are facing discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic (Boston Globe, 5/14/2020)
Asian Americans bear brunt of blame for COVID-19 (Pleasanton Weekly.com, 5/24/2020)
https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/05/24/asian-americans-bear-brunt-of-blame-for-covid-19
Boston Officials Concerned Low Coronavirus Testing in Chinatown (10 Boston, 5/30/2020)
1 in 4 young Asian Americans experienced anti-Asian hate amid COVID-19 (FOX 10 Phoenix, 6/5/2020)
Amid COVID-related harassment of Asian Americans, experts stress mental health care (Cronkite News, 6/12/2020)
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/06/12/covid-harassment-asian-americans/
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