As panic coronavirus increases, racism has the Asian people
The incidents of racism towards the inhabitants of the Asian descent are on the rise due to coronavirus fear.
Withpanic about coronavirus Growing the day, incidents of racism are unfortunately rising as well. The coronavirus epidemicstarted in Wuhan in the province of Hubei Chinese, which resulted in an increase in acts of hate and violence against Asians, despite repeated statements by the officials saying that anyone of any ethnic group canContractual coronavirus.
On February 4, arecorded video In the New York subway, the metro showed a heartbreaking attack against an Asian woman wearing a face mask. On February 25, a heartbreaking heartrecorded video In the San Francisco area, showed two men trying to hit an elderly Asian man as they stole his carriage full of cans. March 2, anotherrecorded video In the New York subway, the metro showed a woman screaming to an Asian man, telling him to "go home". And February 24, a Chinese student namedJonathan MOKwasassaulted in a coronavirus-fuel racist attack in London.
"The racists are constantly excuses to expose their hatred - and in this current context of the coronavirus, they found another excuse," wrote Mok on Facebook a week after the attack. "To refuse the service to a person of Chinese origin to crimes motivated by hate with shortcut, each of these acts is based on racism."
Chinese restaurants have also been affected, with some reports losing half or more of their activities last month. "None of our food comes from China, but it does not matter for guests"Thomas Lo, a co-owner of cooking espionage in Queens, New York, told thePost of New York. "I do not know what motivated fear. A big part is a misinformation."
"People try to avoid places where Asians are going to be, which is totally unfounded"Sarah Baker, President of the Seattle Chapter of the League of Japanese American citizens, saidForeigner. "And there have been incidents in the community of avoided people - the people who go to the bus and others are moving away from them simply because they are Asian."
Politics stands for Political and Chinese student writerMike dinata Experienced something similar in the U.K.
David Barron, a lawyer for the job certified in Cozen O'Connor, saidBetter life That people should take extra care to avoid discrimination at work as coronavirus fears to increase.
"Many employers report emergency response plans right now," he said. "It's important not to create hysteria because it tends to give people blame some groups for their problems, which creates aHostile work frame. And you can not assume that someone shouldstay at home Because they are South Korean. "
Barron also stated that even if it is legal for companies to placeTraveling bank In some countries, they should be aware of how this could affect employees whose families come from these countries and can undergo discrimination. "Most of this is a good sense," he said. "But people tend to lose their common sense when they are under pressure."
Janice Gassam ofStrongstressed that "the racism that many people of Asian origin currently knows is strangely reminiscent of the United States in the 1800s afterChinese Exclusion Act of 1882 has been successful. The law was adopted on the basis of the false belief that the decrease in wages and the economic difficulties that the west coast was faced at the time being due to Chinese workers. She also noted that health pandemics tend to lead to bigotry and xenophobia, as the Ebola virus concerns in 2014, which resulted in racism against those of the African descent.
"Fear and ignorance are a dangerous combination and catalyzed in the propagation of fiction and lies," wrote Gassam. "Ensure that employees are equipped with the facts and are ready to intervene if they testify to ongoing discrimination will help you grow a culture of inclusion inside and outside the workplace."