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Collected Item: “Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak”

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Many Black and Asian Americans Say They Have Experienced Discrimination Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Screenshot

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About four-in-ten U.S. adults say it has become more common for people to express racist views toward Asians since the pandemic began. Asian and Black Americans are more likely than other groups to report negative experiences because of their race or ethnicity since the COVID-19 outbreak began.

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Black, Asian, prejudice, racism, suspicious, mask, xenophobia

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https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/07/01/many-black-and-asian-americans-say-they-have-experienced-discrimination-amid-the-covid-19-outbreak/

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Neil G. Ruiz, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Christine Tamir

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2020-07-01
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