For Frameworks I chose “Racism that Bridges” by Kim Tran, many Asian Americans who came to America, many of them were alienated by the white American people who first came here, physically and verbally they were belittled and treated like a disease, not just adults, children were bullied and ignored too, which is unforgivable, referred to as yellow skin and narrow eyed people. I chose this one because it is important for people to learn that it is not okay to judge someone based on their looks
For Stories I chose “Retired Education in Boston” by Jean Y. Wu, in this passage she talk about how she was walking home and a young white dude in a car and shouted at her virus bitch and chink bitch. Asian people of all ages, genders and sexualities everywhere are being attacked with fists and words because of covid. Being blamed for the pandemic that has hit the entire earth. I chose this passage because people need to know what is happening to Asians, no one gets a free pass to be an asshole just because you are scared
For Resources I chose “Mutual Aid Kit” by Mon Mohapatra, in this passage her mother is falls on the sidewalk and is injured and a neighbor helps her, at the hospital the another patient was angry that her mother was there and called her a dirty chink, the doctor they saw who was chinese said that the racist patient did not want to see him because he is chinese, the woman was grateful to the neighbor for helping her mother. I picked this story because there are a lot of ignorant people who only want white doctors and not asian, black, hispanic, middle eastern of jewish, I even read a story of a woman who wanted her son to see a white doctor instead of a black one and so many people yelled at her. Piece of trash people like that are
I honestly agree with you Kahli. So many Asians are treated horribly because of the way people just associated this virus with them. They’re people and should be treated like them in the end of the day it doesn’t matter what race you are or how you look anyway.
It’s so terrible that anybody has to experience that kind of treatment. Anybody who would verbally attack somebody solely because of their skin color is just a sad person. Also, the idea that Asians are more likely to have coronavirus doesn’t even make any sense. Similarly, suggesting that all Asians are responsible for the pandemic doesn’t make sense either.
I agree with everyone. It’s so disgusting to see Asians being blamed for a virus they aren’t even responsible of, and the fact that people are so hateful and racist that they go far as to committing hate crimes against them.
Also I hate it when people, specifically racist white people, often ask for white doctors when they see a poc doctor, as if poc doctors aren’t trained as well as white doctors? It’s just unfortunate to see that people would rather risk their lives at a hospital by delaying time just because they don’t want a poc doctor.
Hey Kahli,
I agree with you. Nobody deserves to be treated like that. It is just inhuman. We can’t understand how an individual feels when they hear such harsh words solely because of how they look.