Blowback of COVID: Asian Discrimination

written by 20726 Hwang Da In

 

When Asians go to Western countries such as Europe and the U.S., they often hear “你好,” which means “Hello” in Chinese, regardless of their actual nationality. 

This is a kind of racism, especially the act of generalizing and discriminating against the entire Asian population.

Many Westerners nowadays have a discriminatory view toward China because of the perception that there will be many social problems, such as COVID-19 or TikTok’s Personal Information Infringement Problem. 

Also, discrimination against other Asian countries, as well as discriminatory views against China, is an overgeneralization of a few wrongs. 

One country or race may have committed criminal acts against another, but these feelings should not be addressed through discrimination. Because racism cannot and should not be a means of criticism.

Discrimination against a particular race not only provides no solution, but also intensifies racial conflict.

This is the fifth part in a six-part series that the Opinion department of the PRESS explore the issue in detail.