Activist: Racists Stoke Anti-Asian Fears to Divide Us
- Author
- Laura Wenus, Mel Baker
- Published
- Wed 06 May 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.sfpublicpress.org/category/civic-podcast/
The anti-Asian racist rhetoric around the coronavirus pandemic is part of a long history of anti-Asian racism in America. Author and activist Helen Zia warns that the surge of violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is likely to worsen as shelter-in-place orders are relaxed, and says as racism is used to sow division, we should come together.
