Songmin Li ASA002 A04 Week1

In recent days, American universities are switching to online courses, and some restaruants and shopping malls are closed for a while. The reason for all of these events happened is that the United States has a large number of coronavirus patients. In this situation, the outbreaks of coronavirus have intensified anti-asian sentiment. According to the report from Dion Lim, the Asian American Studies Department and civil rights groups from San Francisco State University have launched an online reporting site which allows people who have experienced discrimination because the coronavirus to share their stories. It is shocked that there are more than 100 cases reported each day(line 3). 

The above picture of the video is one example showing the discrimination cases. Many cases of Asian discrimination is illogical. Bullies may just because the first case of coronavirus came from China, or they may just reject asians for no reason, thus causing bully behavior towards them. 

Based on the reading published in 2013, the author, Valverde, claims that the most powerful weapon against violence in academia is voice. The silence can not protect us, we have to stand out to tell our stories to protect us(pg.406). Not only in academia, I think discrimination in any field needs people who have experience bullies to stand up and speak out. Those posted cases are also the embodiment of this point.
Anti-Asian sentiment requires people to speak out rationally, to protest, and to address the underlying causes so that we can live equally in the same environment.

Question: Is the discrimination against Asian-American itself rooted in inner fear?

References:
Dion, L., (2020, March 26). Coronavirus discrimination: Victims share stories of hate crimes after 650+ incidents reported. abc7News. Retrieved from: https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-in-bay-area-cases-corona-virus-california/6054466/
Valverde, K.-L. C. (2013). Fight the Tower: A Call to Action for Women of Color in Academia. Pg.367-420. Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol.12: Iss.2. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu