May is AAPI Heritage Month!
<p>Since COVID-19 several racist and discriminatory slurs have been made towards the Asian community. Whether they are of Korean, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese descent, there’s been a huge spike of violence towards them. In January 2021, an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/us/san-francisco-vicha-ratanapakdee-asian-american-attacks/index.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">84-year-old man was attacked and killed</a> due to the fact that he was Asian. Even our former president has claimed that the pandemic was a “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-criticism-trump-defends-saying-chinese-virus.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese virus</a>”. Others have called it “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-criticism-trump-defends-saying-chinese-virus.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Kung Fu Virus</a>” or “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-criticism-trump-defends-saying-chinese-virus.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese Coronavirus</a>”. Even Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-criticism-trump-defends-saying-chinese-virus.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">has used the term“Wuhan virus”</a>. Former Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, stated that the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/china-objects-to-term-wuhan-coronavirus-used-by-mike-pompeo.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">expression ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ will ‘stigmatize’ the country</a>”. Several journalists and newscasters of Asian descent have been discriminated against as well. For instance, reporter <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weijia/?hl=en" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Weijia Jiang</a> asked the former president about the issues surrounding the pandemic. He said to <a href="https://youtu.be/1qTXBOTV7ac" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">go ask China that question</a>. Chinese restaurants, salons, massage parlors, or markets have all been attacked in some way or another. In March 2021, a devastating shooting happened in Atlanta, where<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoonews/video/6940677325390384389?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowDB53N4Uhnu5MkIFKW6ZnNwE38umJq4WZPGLHnCVc%2FZHrvvW5M00SHZcm61w5trkPGgA%3D&checksum=57313badb749ad190d1a3d48af7afcb962466c52b15fe94e5ad74275b61dcfad&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAY2whi3G_1kn1p_rnFGJ-X8ciUK4XDpoEspjMinELgecgFqC5GZ3jorYsOkeTf9H3&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=6940677325390384389&share_link_id=38317862-1313-4429-b041-7a90a418a220&timestamp=1627264068&u_code=dc6lf93de05cf1&user_id=6822062747959198725&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=copy&_r=1&is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6940815343422031365" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> 8 people died, 6 of which were of Asian descent</a>. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms acknowledges that <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoonews/video/6940677325390384389?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowDB53N4Uhnu5MkIFKW6ZnNwE38umJq4WZPGLHnCVc%2FZHrvvW5M00SHZcm61w5trkPGgA%3D&checksum=57313badb749ad190d1a3d48af7afcb962466c52b15fe94e5ad74275b61dcfad&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAY2whi3G_1kn1p_rnFGJ-X8ciUK4XDpoEspjMinELgecgFqC5GZ3jorYsOkeTf9H3&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=6940677325390384389&share_link_id=38317862-1313-4429-b041-7a90a418a220&timestamp=1627264068&u_code=dc6lf93de05cf1&user_id=6822062747959198725&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&utm_source=copy&_r=1&is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6940815343422031365" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">this is a string of anti-Asian violence nationwide</a>.</p>
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