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These Asian-Owned Wellness Brands Deserve Your Support — and Are Just Really Cool


These Asian-Owned Wellness Brands Deserve Your Support and Are Just Really Cool
Shape
3/11/2021
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These Asian-Owned Wellness Brands Deserve Your Support and Are Just Really Cool
The racist and often physical attacks Asian Americans are experiencing across the country right now are unfortunately not new. In California in the late 19th century, for example, public health departments used to wrongfully accuse Asians of spreading diseases such as leprosy and malaria in their communities. These problems, both then and now, stem from hateful, misinformed rhetoric.
But with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, those attacks have become alarmingly more prevalent. In fact, California State University s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism reported 122 hate crimes directed toward Asian Americans in 16 major U.S. cities in 2020, a nearly 150 percent increase from the year prior. Meanwhile, Stop AAPI Hate reported some 2,500 instances of bias ....

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