Chinese Americans
“I feel like being Asian American and disabled… there's no way to separate those things.” Alice Wong shares her journey of becoming comfortable in her own skin as a disabled Asian American activist and hopes to make room for more to join in.
Throughout this year, Asian Americans have experienced a surge in racist attacks, as Trump has attacked China and used racist slurs to refer to COVID-19.
Incidents of racism against Asian Americans during the pandemic haven't ebbed. The president, meanwhile, keeps calling COVID-19 the "China virus."
After months of properly referring to it, the president is now insisting on calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"Boogie" will be the restaurateur's directorial debut.
The actress posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo that she supports "the Hong Kong police."
L. Rafael Reif penned an open letter to the MIT community in support of his Chinese and Chinese American colleagues.
"I’m from China. So I know a lot about walls."
“It is irresponsible to categorize an entire country of people en masse as spies,” said Rep. Judy Chu.
“They faced outright discrimination throughout their service, which led to their heroism and sacrifice being largely ignored,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth said.