Pioneer Press - If you’re almost out of reading material because you are sheltering in place, please read Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s wonderful new book “American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland,” Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press’ lead spring title ($28). . .
Milkweed makes a request...
Our sabre and shield against the pandemic? Hand washing and social distancing. Keep at it. Wash up and have a Zoom meeting.
But since the curve has not flattened, and we don’t really know how many are infected (not until we test nearly everyone), we may be at the point for another tool in the U.S.:...
I wish it were an April Fool’s joke, like everything else last month.
But with Trump this week extending his initial “we’ll see what happens” period beyond 15 days to the end of April, what prudent state official wouldn’t look at Trump’s slow response record and just assume his timeline is going to...
New Emil Amok’s Takeout Podcast!
Emil Guillermo talks to San Francisco State Asian American Studies chair Russell Jeung about the numbers of Asian Americans who have come forward to describe stabbings, hateful name calling, and even people spitting and coughing on them. Almost 100 reports have come...
So how’s the new “social distancing” going for you? When you’re an Asian American or a person of color, the old “social distancing” used to mean just one thing—racism.
It was just a form of separation, what happens when people segregated from the “other.”
No need to hang out with us. Distance was ...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) condemns the persistent use of the phrase “Chinese virus” by the president, elected officials, and media outlets to describe Covid-19 and the coronavirus. When President Trump cites the “Chinese virus” as the source of the current health a...
Vox - The fallout from the spread of coronavirus has highlighted how many Americans are one disaster away from physical, emotional, or economic ruin. Now, while many await federal and state assistance, those in more secure financial positions have an opportunity to step up and help.
But with so man...
Salon - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, added to fuel to the fire when he tried to defend President Donald Trump and other Republicans who use the racist term “Chinese virus” to refer to COVID-19.
The senator mounted a defense based on another racist claim: that China deserves blame for the coronavirus,...
CBS reporter Weijia Jiang tweeted how a White House staffer joked about the coronavirus in a racist way, calling it the “Kung Flu.”
If comedian Joe Wong said it, maybe it could be funny.
But when a White House aide says it to a working reporter in the midst of a national emergency, it’s just not a...
Newsweek - President Donald Trump is facing widespread condemnation after referring to coronavirus as the “Chinese Virus” immediately after calling on Americans to “band together” in the face of the pandemic.
Echoing the words of right-wing commentators who have been adamant on labeling COVID-19 ba...
Salon - President Donald Trump referred to COVID-19 as “the Chinese virus” on Tuesday, prompting critics to accuse him not only of “a mean spirited distraction” but also intensifying racism and xenophobia. . .
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Margaret Fung, executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Educatio...
As a broken America shuts down, are you thinking about each other and yearning for the way things used to be?
You should be.
Fellow virus fighters, this is the ultimate in the DIY health world.
When health insurance isn’t a right for all, and when it’s up to you whether you’re sick or well, then ...
Gothamist - As anxiety over the spread of COVID-19 continues to mount in NYC, officials say there has been an alarming uptick in racist and xenophobic attacks on Asian-Americans. . .
Choi, 26, was commuting home to Suffolk County when he stopped in a bathroom at Penn Station around 7 p.m. on Wednes...
Slate - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far resisted calls to apologize for a racist tweet that referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese coronavirus.”
Monday’s tweet promoted a link about the virus from the Centers for Disease Control’s website alongside this comment: “Everything...
Andrew Yang has become a surrogate of sorts for Asian Americans. It’s the benefit of running for the highest office and losing—the very thing Donald Trump always wanted to do but couldn’t figure out how. He became president. Our loss.
But Yang has done losing right.
And now he’s become the go to f...
Dallas Morning News: After winning 10 states on Super Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden made the case that he was the one who could appeal to a broad base of Democrats searching for a presidential candidate who can unite them. . .
Asian outreach
While advocates gripe about when presidential ...
Last Friday, I asked Roger Lau, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign manager, whether Warren would stay in or pull out if she lost on Super Tuesday. Lau said without hesitation, “We have a plan to go all the way through.”
“This is going to be a long race,” he added, noting that Warren was in 31 states, with...
Salon - Fox News host Jesse Watters was roundly criticized for making the racist claim that the coronavirus outbreak was caused by Chinese people “eating raw bats and snakes.”
“Let me tell you why it happened in China: They have these markets where they were eating raw bats and snakes,” Watters sai...
After the South Carolina Democratic primary, here’s the lesson for Super Tuesday: When will the pandering begin toward Asian Americans?
Don’t we deserve something special, considering all the years we’ve battled the “model minority” tag?
That’s not just a tongue-in-cheek comment.
Thanks to black ...
