Current Events > NYT Ed-op article on NYC's racism against Asians and resurgence of a racial slur

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/magazine/asian-american-discrimination-coronavirus.html

I never would havethought that the word ***** would have a resurgence in 2020. The word was supposed to be as outdated as those sinister little ___ I saw in thrift shops. It still thrived among bottom feeders on the internet, but I hadnt heard it directed at me since I was in my 20s. But now I was encountering that word every time I read about an anti-Asian incident or hearing about its use from friends. I couldnt process the fact that Americans were hurling that slur at us so openly and with such raw hate.

I started bookmarking tweets and news reports of racist incidents.

The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
A middle-aged Asian woman wearing a mask was going for a walk when a woman screamed at her to get away from her.
A man spat on an Asian man waiting for the subway.
A man spat on an Asian woman walking to her gym.


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Is this tos safe?

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Here in nyc especially there has been so many hate crimes against asians

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And yet you have people continuing to say " fuck China" when asked if saying the "Chinese virus" isn't racist to say. Like they don't care that this impacts Asian communities all over the world.

It's post 9/11 all over again when Arabs, south Asians and Muslims had to deal with this after the world trade center attacks

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Arcanine2009 posted...

And yet you have people continuing to say " fuck China" when asked if saying the "Chinese virus" isn't racist to say. Like they don't care that this impacts Asian communities all over the world.

It's post 9/11 all over again when Arabs, south Asians and Muslims had to deal with this after the world trade center attacks

Yup. I marked comments and topics like these today but there were no moderations for people calling it the 'insert nationality' virus.

It's pathetic really. Really annoying for us Asians in NYC.

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Arcanine2009 posted...

And yet you have people continuing to say " fuck China" when asked if saying the "Chinese virus" isn't racist to say. Like they don't care that this impacts Asian communities all over the world.

It's post 9/11 all over again when Arabs, south Asians and Muslims had to deal with this after the world trade center attacks

It was just waiting to happen tbh. the internet has gotten insanely sinophobic over the last few years

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