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SHARES There’s been a spike in anti-Asian racism due to the ‘China virus’ blame for COVID-19. An anti-racism rally in San Francisco.
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It can be hard to talk about anti-Asian racism. In fact, it can be just as hard for some to admit that it exists even those who are targets of hate.
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At the start of the pandemic, Doris C. decided to talk to her mother about it. Doris had experienced racism herself on a walk with a friend, when the driver of a passing car shouted anti-Asian slurs at them.
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Steven Ngo had stopped at a traffic light in a residential neighbourhood in the eastern part of Vancouver when passengers in another car tossed garbage at him, shouting racial slurs as they sped off. The lawyer, a lifelong resident of the city, was stunned – but not surprised. “The racism has never been as overt and apparent,” said Ngo. “I’ve never seen it so brazen.” Over the last year, Vancouver, a cosmopolitan metropolis set between mountains.