The Rise of Coronavirus Racism
Mar 12, 2020
2 minutes
By Laurence Coulton
Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
In recent years we’ve grown accustomed to a familiar phenomenon. A human tragedy is followed by a groundswell of global support and sympathy online. Yet the spread of COVID-19 has seen the opposite, with a rise in anti-Chinese sentiment and racist incidents in several countries.
Social and news media abound with reports of East
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