Racism And Discrimination Under The Pandemic’s Umbrella

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In an ideal world, people of all ethnicities would be treated with respect and integrity that one ought to give a fellow human being. Unfortunately and in the light of the past events, it became clearer than ever that humanity is still yet far from reaching such a pure reality. Along with the COVID-19 crisis, an old disease started to resurface in a greater number than before. Racism started to get hold of whole communities from all around the globe and targeting many different ethnic groups and minorities. Such as the following cases:

Racism against Asians
It is true that the COVID-19 pandemic first originated from China, making the deadly virus firmly associated with Chinese citizens. Thus, and by some illogical prejudice, all the other Asian communities.

The days that followed the global outbreak witnessed some of the most horrible waves of Sinophobia and xenophobia which manifested in forms of racist terms, memes, public misinformation and overall violence targeting Asian communities from all over the world.human rights

Many global reports proved that Asians are being harassed, spit on, yelled at, even threatened in the streets. Several acts of hostile physical violence against citizens of asain origins took place in the UK and the USA that left the victims hospitalized.

Even in Japan, an Asian country, the hashtag #ChineseDontComeToJapan had been trending on Twitter.

Adding fire to the tension is politicians using racist rhetoric. A major example is the president of the USA, Donald Trump, calling the COVID-19 “China Virus” definitely played a role in racializing violence against them. read more