In the time of a pandemic impacting everyone in the global community, racism against the Asian community has spiked. While not a virus, racism against Asians has been spreading like one. Manifesting in many fields ranging from the fashion industry to food services, this blatant xenophobia has proven especially harmful. 

In this episode of The Hybrid Podcast, we explore America's history of attributing minorities to the cause of disease and how those same patterns are repeating themselves now.

If you want to learn more and read some stories of how this has affected real people see:

https://www.kut.org/post/spike-prejudice-asian-americans-dfw-face-racism-coronavirus-spreads

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007028034/racism-coronavirus-asians.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/backlash-asians-hinder-efforts-coronavirus-expert/story?id=69556008

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-The Hybrid