America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens |
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| Publisher | National Geographic |
| Author | Nina Strochlic |
| Summary | The United States has a history of laws and national policies that discriminate against ethnic groups. Trump’s blaming the Chinese government for concealing the virus and unleashing it upon the world is already rooted in the minds of many Americans. It mirrors movements in U.S. history when racism became “state-sactioned” |
| Excerpt | The US history has had a systemic, official and unofficial, exclusion for the Chinese, and this pandemic brought the debate back up again. |
| Publish Date | September 2, 2020 |
| Source URL | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/asian-american-racism-covid |
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