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· Ernestine Siu
Our Generation Will Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic Because of Our Immigrant Roots
Although things may seem bleak at the moment, we can take refuge in acknowledging the strength that comes from our immigrant roots. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, people are dying, unemployment rates have skyrocketed, and the Asian community has been used as a scapegoat for…
· Bryan Ke
Community Raises Over $90,000 to Help Gilroy Donut House Family Amid Pandemic
Customers of the Gilroy Donut House in Gilroy, California raised over $90,000 to help the family-owned business as they deal with the impact of COVID-19 and other health issues. The Hok family is reportedly also suffering from non-COVID related health issues, according to family…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Woman Records Racists She’s Met On Omegle During the Pandemic
Sophie Wang went on Omegle to find new friends during the pandemic. Instead, she was met with racist verbal comments, asking her if she ate bats and was accused of making the coronavirus. There has been a rise in racist acts and xenophobia towards Asians and Asian Americans…
· Editorial Staff
Asian MMA Stars Unite in the Face of Racism Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global situation bringing the world to its knees, we’ve seen both the best and the worst of humankind. On one end, people have gone to great lengths to lend a helping hand to one another. We’ve donated money, Personal Protective Equipment…
· Bryan Ke
Filipino American Nurse in Long Island Passes Away While Battling Pandemic
A Filipino American nurse passed away after fighting on the front lines against the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Ali Dennis Guillermo died on April 8 in the Intensive Care Unit of the Long Island Community Hospital, where he had been working since coming to the U.S.…
· Ryan General
Jeremy Lin Pledges $1 Million for COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Efforts
Basketball star Jeremy Lin has pledged up to $1 million to help fight COVID-19 on Monday. The 31-year-old former NBA athlete, who now plays in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), is set to donate $500,000 in the pandemic relief efforts.
· Carl Samson
Cyberbullying of Asians Up by 900% Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Report
The hate toward Asians amid the COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased in physical spaces but in the vile corners of the internet too, unsurprisingly. On Twitter, hate speech toward China and the Chinese people, in particular, has reportedly surged to a whopping 900%, with…
· Bryan Ke
Sichuan Medical Team Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic to Receive 1 Year Free Hot Pot
The medical team sent from Sichuan Province to Wuhan, a city in Hubei Province, is set to receive a year’s worth of hot pot for free once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The decision was made by the Hot Pot Association of Sichuan province as a way to pay tribute to those risking…
· Bryan Ke
Deadly New Strain of Bird Flu in China Could Trigger Global Pandemic
A new strain of H7N9, commonly known and referred to as bird flu, is circulating in China, and scientists believe this could pose a threat to humans as it has the potential to trigger a global pandemic. American and Japanese researchers have tested the new bird flu strain, which…
· Bryan Ke
Korean Football Team Fills Stadium With Sex Dolls During Lockdown
South Korean football team FC Seoul has issued an apology for using sex dolls to fill empty seats at their match over the weekend amid the COVID-19 pandemic. FC Seoul played against Gwangju on Sunday for the second game of the K League season that was originally planned to kick…
· Ryan General
Seattle Cop, Home Depot Allegedly Ignore Racial Abuse on Asian Man in Store
A police officer in Seattle is under investigation by the Office of Police Accountability for allegedly being dismissive of a victim’s complaint at a Home Depot. Kert Lin, a school teacher, took to social media to reveal that he was the target of racist remarks at the Home Depot…
· Bryan Ke
Asian Woman Harassed in New York Subway Train, Gets Slapped Twice
An Asian woman was harassed and was allegedly told to “go back to China” while riding the subway in Manhattan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The incident occurred last week when 36-year-old Facebook user Jess Mo was riding the New York City F train, the New York Post reported.
· Maina Chen
11 reasons why quarantine is nothing like when Americans were forced into concentration camps
Amid the country’s stay-at-home orders to contain the mass spread of the coronavirus, several claims from right-wing pundits and politicians have emerged, comparing quarantine to Japanese American concentration camps from WWII. What the politicans and protestors had to say One…
· Bryan Ke
91-Year-Old Grandpa Gives Brutal Review of McDonald’s Limited ‘McSpicy’
A grandfather in Singapore tried McDonald’s McSpicy burger for the first time in a hilarious video where he described the meal as an “abomination”. The video, posted on the Facebook group Subtle Asian Traits by Emerson Gideon Ng on May 15, shows the 91-year-old man tasting his…
· Bryan Ke
‘Call Out Somebody Who is Acting Ignorant’: Jeremy Lin Calls for Unity With Asian Americans
Former Toronto Raptors guard Jeremy Lin discussed the discrimination that many Asian Americans are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a virtual roundtable with Caron Butler, Vanita Gupta and Andrew Yang on May 12, the 31-year-old Beijing Ducks player expressed that…
· Ernestine Siu
You’ll Never See Nurses the Same After Reading Raw Letters From the Front Line
DearWorld.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to telling the stories of our time, has launched Dear Nurses, a portrait series celebrating heroes working in hospitals amid the horror of the COVID-19 pandemic. In honor of 2020 being designated as the International Year of the…
· Bryan Ke
Philadelphia Couple Confronts Man Who Allegedly Called Them ‘Disease Spreader’
A Philadelphia man was recently put on blast after allegedly calling a couple of Asian Americans “disease spreader” and “pandemic spreader” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The video, shared by Facebook user Adrianne Kiara, shows an unidentified man mocking the couple while being…
· Bryan Ke
‘He Died in the Hospital Alone’: Woman Blasts Factory That Refused to Close After Grandfather Dies
A woman from Nebraska was heartbroken after reading Smithfield Foods’ response to her grandfather’s passing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vy Mai, 22, reached out to the meat-processing company through Instagram after her 80-year-old grandfather, Tam Mai, passed away last week at…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Students’ Association at Cal Poly SLO Zoombombed by Racists
A number of unidentified individuals allegedly crashed a Zoom meeting of the California Polytechnic State University’s Chinese Students’ Association (CSA) club and hurled racial slurs. The group encountered racist individuals during their weekly CSA Zoom meeting on Tuesday…
· Ryan General
Son Helps Elderly Father Beat COVID-19 After Doctors Said He Had No Chance
Suryakant “Suri” Nathwani, an 81-year-old COVID-19 patient, made an incredible recovery under the care of his son after he was sent home by a London hospital. Watford General Hospital reportedly told the patient’s family that due to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…