Collected Item: “The Effect of Covid-19 on Chinatown and Asian- Americans”
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The Effect of Covid-19 on Chinatown and Asian- Americans
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This piece is an Autoethnography about my experience living in Chinatown during the Covid-19 pandemic, as a half Chinese person. This piece details my emotions about rising Asian hate crimes, as well as how Manhattan Chinatown experienced massive financial strain due to stigma and lack of governmental aid, and how the pandemic had affected my family personally.
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Text Story: Autoethnography. A piece I wrote.
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Meili Gutierrez
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pandemic, new york city, Asian American hate, hate crime, family, covid, finance, government, manhattan, Chinatown.
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2021-09-03
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Senior undergrad majoring in English
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Mellon Transfer Student Research Program
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