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Collected Item: “Asian American students discuss experience during COVID-19 pandemic”

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Asian American students discuss experience during COVID-19 pandemic

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Long-standing stereotypes and new pandemic-related misconceptions against Asians and Asian Americans still affect their day-to-day lives. University students of East Asian descent say they’ve felt alienated and scared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic began, hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. have increased and stricter regulations have been enforced against international students, particularly those from China. Since the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan, China, Asians have been strongly connected to the virus in the public sphere. President Donald Trump has called COVID-19 the “Chinese Virus” and “kung flu” — associating Asians with the spread of the virus.

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international, hate, scapegoat, AAPI, anti-Asian, xenophobia, Asian, Pacific Islander, student, visa

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https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2020/10/asian-american-students-discuss-experience-during-covid-19-pandemic

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Jee-Ho Kim

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2020-10-05
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