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COVID19-3: Rise of the Yellow Peril
The first anti immigration laws in the US prohibited the entry of Chinese Women.
Chinese citizens were labeled a “yellow peril” and were considered an inferior race.
Chinese children were barred from white schools, then later schooled under “separate but equal” laws.
In the 1960’s, the stereotype of the “model minority” was minted and wielded as a weapon against Black Americans to oppose the activism of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fast Forward to today. May, 2020. Asian Pacific Island Heritage Month (APIHM).
This month, we celebrate APIHM against the backdrop of the COVID19 pandemic, where we are seeing an upswell of racism against Chinese Americans, and other people who are mistaken for Chinese.
Today on the podcast, we welcome special guest Gina Loh of Domestic Violences Services of Snohomish County to unpack this history, and what the COVID19 pandemic reveals about how Asian American’s are viewed in this country.
Check out Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County
https://dvs-snoco.org/
If you want to join the Discussion please write in. Email us at [email protected] or connect on Facebook, Instagram , Twitter, and Tik Tok @theDVDiscussion. We all have our stories. And they deserve to be heard.
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The first anti immigration laws in the US prohibited the entry of Chinese Women.
Chinese citizens were labeled a “yellow peril” and were considered an inferior race.
Chinese children were barred from white schools, then later schooled under “separate but equal” laws.
In the 1960’s, the stereotype of the “model minority” was minted and wielded as a weapon against Black Americans to oppose the activism of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fast Forward to today. May, 2020. Asian Pacific Island Heritage Month (APIHM).
This month, we celebrate APIHM against the backdrop of the COVID19 pandemic, where we are seeing an upswell of racism against Chinese Americans, and other people who are mistaken for Chinese.
Today on the podcast, we welcome special guest Gina Loh of Domestic Violences Services of Snohomish County to unpack this history, and what the COVID19 pandemic reveals about how Asian American’s are viewed in this country.
Check out Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County
https://dvs-snoco.org/
If you want to join the Discussion please write in. Email us at [email protected] or connect on Facebook, Instagram , Twitter, and Tik Tok @theDVDiscussion. We all have our stories. And they deserve to be heard.