By Louis Chan
ASAM NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE EDGE
ASAM NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE EDGE
A new video from Stop Repeating History lays out an argument that the rise in coronavirus racism can be traced back to Donald Trump.
Trump has repeatedly called COVID-19 the “Chinese virus” despite warnings from public health officials that such rhetoric could result in discriminatory behavior, and despite the World Health Organization’s guidelines for naming infectious diseases.
"The president of the United States, and other White House officials, using the term 'Chinese virus', or 'Kung-Flu', or 'Wuhan virus', we believe is inciting and provoking this anti-Asian sentiment and is really responsible in the rise of these more violent acts," said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action.
Inspired by the goal of preventing a repeat of the incarceration camps used to imprison Japanese Americans in World War II, Stop Repeating History is a project of the Minami Tamaki Yamauchi Kwok & Lee Foundation.
It is funded by Minami Tamaki, LLP, the law firm which represented Fred Korematsu who successfully overturned a decade-old conviction for refusing to report to the incarceration camps.
"This language does not make our neighborhoods safer, but isolates, divides, and inflicts harm on our Asian American children, families, and businesses" states the group's website. "At times like this, we all need to come together to fight against COVID-19 and racist rhetoric alike.
Stop Repeating History requests that if you agree with their video, to share it widely.
Trump has repeatedly called COVID-19 the “Chinese virus” despite warnings from public health officials that such rhetoric could result in discriminatory behavior, and despite the World Health Organization’s guidelines for naming infectious diseases.
"The president of the United States, and other White House officials, using the term 'Chinese virus', or 'Kung-Flu', or 'Wuhan virus', we believe is inciting and provoking this anti-Asian sentiment and is really responsible in the rise of these more violent acts," said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action.
It is funded by Minami Tamaki, LLP, the law firm which represented Fred Korematsu who successfully overturned a decade-old conviction for refusing to report to the incarceration camps.
"This language does not make our neighborhoods safer, but isolates, divides, and inflicts harm on our Asian American children, families, and businesses" states the group's website. "At times like this, we all need to come together to fight against COVID-19 and racist rhetoric alike.
Stop Repeating History requests that if you agree with their video, to share it widely.
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