Asian Communities

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• Americans are still facing COVID- related racism- Here’s how to help fight the hate | Popsugar. News | August 2020 | https://www.popsugar.co.uk/news/how-to-fight-covid-19-racism-against-asian-americans-47682969

• NYC launches $100,000 effort to combat anti-Asian discrimination in COVID-19 era | ABC News | May 2020 |  https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-launches-100000-effort-combat-anti-asian-discrimination/story?id=70830974&cid=clicksource_4380645_13_hero_headlines_bsq_hed

• Asian American front-line workers share powerful anti-racist messages amid COVID-19 | ABC News | May 2020 |  https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/asian-american-front-line-workers-share-powerful-anti/story?id=70582315&cid=clicksource_4380645_14_post_hero_card_hed 

• The “shadow pandemic” of anti- Asian racism | The Tyee | May 2020 |  https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/05/07/Shadow-Pandemic-Anti-Asian-Racism/

• Fighting the shadow pandemic |  Inside Higher Ed | May 2020 | https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/05/14/inclusive-teaching-needed-help-combat-xenophobia-racism-and-discrimination-brought

• “I will not stand silent” 10 Asian Americans reflect on racism during the pandemic and the need for equality | Time | June 2020 |  https://time.com/5858649/racism-coronavirus/

• Asian-Americans turn to guns and GoPros to deter attacks | Global News | April 2020 |  https://globalnews.ca/news/6867379/coronavirus-asian-americans-racism-attacks/

• How racism spread around the world along with COVID- 19 | World Economic Forum | June 2020 | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/just-like-covid-19-racism-is-spreading-around-the-world/

• Anti-Asian racism is on the rise: this is what it feels like | World Economic Forum | May 2020 |  https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/anti-asian-racism-is-on-the-rise-this-is-what-it-feels-like/

• Why Asians in face masks should not be the face of the Coronavirus | Vox | March 2020 |  https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/3/6/21166625/coronavirus-photos-racism

• Coronavirus: masks reveal racism, cultural differences and gov’t incompetencies | Hong Kong Free Press | April 2020 |  https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/18/coronavirus-masks-reveal-racism-cultural-differences-and-govt-incompetence/

• Unmasking the racial politics of the Coronavirus pandemic | The Conversation | June 2020 | https://theconversation.com/unmasking-the-racial-politics-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-139011

• Racism growing conspicuous against Asian Americans | Global Times | May 2020 |  https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1190650.shtml

• Anti-Asian racism surges in NSW amid pandemic | The Guardian | June 2020 |  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/01/anti-asian-racism-surges-in-nsw-during-coronavirus-pandemic

• Asian Americans face oronavirus “double whammy”: skyrocketing unemployment and discrimination | ABC News | May 2020 |  https://abcnews.go.com/Business/asian-americans-face-coronavirus-double-whammy-skyrocketing-unemployment/story?id=70654426

• The virus of hate unleashed on Asian Americans amid COVID-19 | ABC Action News | May 2020 |  https://6abc.com/community-events/the-virus-of-hate-unleashed-by-covid-19/6160977/

• San Francisco needs to change to reverse racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths | San Francisco Examiner | May 2020 |  https://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/san-francisco-needs-to-change-to-reverse-racial-disparities-in-covid-19-deaths/

• Coronavirus does not exist in isolation, it feeds on other diseases, crises | The Conversation | May 2020 | https://theconversation.com/the-coronavirus-doesnt-exist-in-isolation-it-feeds-on-other-diseases-crises-135664?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2026%202020&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2026%202020+CID_1d2799c7d5e6f68efe5ab312866829fe&utm_source=campaign_monitor_ca&utm_term=The%20coronavirus%20doesnt%20exist%20in%20isolation%20%20it%20feeds%20on%20other%20diseases%20crises

• When a disease is racialized | Briarpatch | February 2020 | https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/when-a-disease-is-racialized-coronavirus-anti-chinese-racism

• Texas- Stabbing of Asian- American 2 year old and family: a virus- fueled hate crime | Marvin Moore | April 2020 | https://ktrh.iheart.com/content/2020-04-01-stabbing-of-asian-american-2-yr-old-and-family-a-virus-fueled-hate-crime/

• Anti-Asian hate continues to spread online amid COVID-19 pandemic | Eoghan Macguire | April 2020 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/anti-asian-hate-continues-spread-online-covid-19-pandemic-200405063015286.html

• Bryan Adams racism on instagram post | CC | May 2020| https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bryan-adams-instagram-1.5565624

• Stabbing attack of an Asian-American family in Texas, Coronavirus related hate crime | New York Daily News | May 2020 |  https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-hate-crime-stabbing-attack-asian-family-fbi-20200401-dikuod3lj5asvmva2wan5eaypq-story.html

• Attacks on Asian Americans skyrocket during pandemic | Changing America: The Hill | March 2020 | https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/490373-attacks-on-asian-americans-at-about-100-per-day-due-to

 

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Black Communities

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• New analysis quantifies risk of COVID-19 to racial, ethnic minorities | Yale News | May 2020 | https://news.yale.edu/2020/05/19/new-analysis-quantifies-risk-covid-19-racial-ethnic-minorities

• NHS heroes and targets of racists | The Guardian |  June 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/nhs-heroes-and-targets-of-racists

• Striking racial divide in how COVID-19 hits nursing homes | The New York Times | May 2020 | https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-nursing-homes-racial-disparity.html

• As some states see Black Americans hit harder by COVID- 19, researchers call for detailed Canadian data | CBC| April 2020 |  https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-9-2020-1.5527551/as-some-states-see-black-americans-hit-harder-by-covid-19-researchers-call-for-detailed-canadian-data-1.5528574

• Increased racism in Britain leads to difficulties for Brown and Black people | The Guardian | May 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/coronavirus-black-brown-people-britain-ethnic-minorities

• NHS looks into taking off BAME workers off front lines for their safety | The Guardian | April 2020 |  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/30/nhs-bosses-say-bame-staff-should-be-risk-assessed-to-cut-covid-19

• Black people are 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19 | The Guardian | May 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/black-people-four-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-ons-finds

• Coronavirus exposes how racist Britain is | The Guardian | April 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/20/coronavirus-racial-inequality-uk-housing-employment-health-bame-covid-19

• British BAME COVID-19 death rate is twice that of whites | The Guardian | May 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/british-bame-covid-19-death-rate-more-than-twice-that-of-whites#maincontent

• COVID-19 deaths of NHS staff analyzed | For Healthcare Leaders: HSJ | April 2020 |  https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-deaths-of-nhs-staff-from-covid-19-analysed/7027471.article

• Why BAME people may be at more risk from Coronavirus | The Guardian | May 2020 | https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/may/01/why-bame-people-may-be-more-at-risk-from-coronavirus-video-explainer

• A roadmap already exists to advance the rights of Black communities | The Hill Times | August 2020 | https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/08/05/a-roadmap-already-exists-to-advance-the-rights-of-black-communities/258671

• A Canadian in New York pleads: we must all be a part of the fight against the anti-Black racism | CBC | July 2020 | https://www.cbc.ca/arts/a-canadian-activist-in-new-york-pleads-we-must-all-be-a-part-of-the-fight-against-anti-black-racism-1.5656526

• No difference between racism in Canada and the U.S., activists say | CTV News | June 2020 | https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/no-difference-between-racism-in-canada-and-the-u-s-activists-say-1.4967681

• Around the world, the U.S. has long been a symbol of Anti-Black racism | The Washington Post | June 2020 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/05/around-world-us-has-long-been-symbol-anti-black-racism/

• Lunenburg may create task force in wake of anti-racism petition | The Chronicle Herald | July 2020 | https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/lunenburg-may-create-task-force-in-wake-of-anti-racism-petition-479495/

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Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism

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• We are not enemies, we are essential workers | The New York Times | May 2020 |  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/opinion/coronavirus-essential-workers-immigrants.html?auth=login-email&login=email

• Unauthorized immigrants who work on America’s farms have been deemed “essential” but they say they feel expendable | Business Insider | May 2020 | https://www.businessinsider.com/immigrant-farm-workers-deemed-essential-but-feel-expendable-2020-5

• Communication Guidance to Stem Rising Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Wake of COVID-19 | IOM | May 2020 |  https://www.iom.int/news/iom-issues-communication-guidance-stem-rising-anti-migrant-sentiment-wake-covid-19?utm_source=IOM+External+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=9a11d169d5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_05_06_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9968056566-9a11d169d5-43568813

• COVID-19 and enduring stigma | Max- Planck - Gesellschaft | April 2020 |   https://www.mpg.de/14741776/covid-19-and-enduring-stigma

• Refugee admission and public safety: are refugee settlement areas more prone to crime | International Migration Review | May 2020 |  https://journals-sagepub-com.uml.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1177/0197918320920192

• How Coronavirus relief is being distributed to undocumented immigrants | Documented | May 2020 |  https://documentedny.com/2020/05/29/how-coronavirus-relief-is-being-distributed-to-undocumented-immigrants/

• What Bigotry Looks Like During Social Distancing | Linda Poon| April 2020 |  https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/04/coronavirus-racism-hate-crimes-asian-americans-xenophobia/609517/ 

• Rise in anti-semitic crime rises in Germany | ABC News | May 2020 | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-police-raids-homes-anti-government-groups-70898621?cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_headlines_hed

• Refugees in increased risk of contracting Coronavirus due to barriers to healthcare | The Conversation | May 2020 | https://theconversation.com/refugees-at-increased-risk-of-coronavirus-due-to-barriers-to-healthcare-137217?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2028%202020&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2028%202020+CID_ed8d44287b01bda2f78c12308ed67e3a&utm_source=campaign_monitor_ca&utm_term=Refugees%20at%20increased%20risk

• US leaders should combat anti-racism, xenophobia | Human rights watch | July 2020 | https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/30/us-leaders-should-combat-anti-asian-racism-xenophobia

• Lucy Liu, Ken Jeong, other SAG members call for an end to xenophobia in new PSA | NBC News | July 2020 | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/lucy-liu-ken-jeong-other-sag-members-call-end-xenophobia-n1234630