Frameworks- Sakhi’s, “Gender Based Violence During the Covid-19 Crisis” is an excerpt that I took interest in because the title struck me. I never knew situations could get so out of hand even with the pandemic going on. As I was reading this excerpt, I learned that the pandemic has a heavier impact on people that have no outside support. Sakhi advises people to check on their loved ones despite the severity of the pandemic. Undocumented immigrants have a higher chance of staying inside with these perpetrators and stay victims of domestic violence because if they need to go to the hospital, they refrain from doing so because they risk their document status being exposed. This makes them live in more fear than they already are in when living with perpetrators of violence. Cases of domestic violence went up drastically in China in February all because of the pandemic. In this, Sakhi gives tips to these immigrants if they end up in a violent situation.
Stories- Alice Tsui’s, “Tired of Being Asian” is an excerpt that exposes some examples and first hand experiences of Asians as they are discriminated against. Most of these discriminatory statements towards these Asians tied back to the idea that the pandemic is all the fault of China and it is a “Chinese virus”. I took interest in this excerpt because the title pretty much gave me an idea that it would be a juxtaposition. The content would not be about not liking being Asian, but it would rather be about other people wanting Asians to feel bad for coming where they come from. I thought the title choice was impactful. Going deeper into this excerpt, Alice, an educator and musician, discussed her own experience with the attacks. The school that she worked at treated her differently relating to the corona virus and looked into her “Chinese-ness”, which is discrimination at a worse level because now it is affecting people at their workplace. She went on to say it is hard and unfortunate that she has to over explain her Asian-ness as if it is a burden or something you should not be.
Resources- Malaka Ghairib and Wanyu Zhang’s excerpt called “Wash Your Hands” struck me at first because it is something that we are told everyday on social media, news, and the CDC, so I was looking forward to the tips in this action and something new that I might not know. As I read through the excerpt it was so cool because the comics and drawings really jumped out and although they were not very realistic, the message did come across strong. This message was “It’s very important to remember that this kind of virus can affect ANYBODY. It doesn’t matter where you come from or where your parents are from” (Ghairib, 35). People would not make this statement if we were all treated respectfully and equally without blame put on one race for a virus outbreak.
Hello, Alexis. I like how you explained about the excerpt. I also chose this excerpt because when I saw the title she seemed to want to say that she was tired of living as an Asian, not that she hated being an Asian.