Asian-Americans are not a virus

With the growing number of cases of COVID-19 the number of hate crimes and discriminatory acts are also rising. The United States is not new to the terrible acts of hate crimes and xenophobia. We have seen this before plenty of times throughout history and will see it it again and again in the future. This time the subject of the hate from Americans is the Asian community. Since the first few cases of coronavirus that popped up in the U.S., ignorant people began to make their comments. There have been many social media posts and harassment that has been reported to police. In this article posted by PBS, the hostility Asian-Americans face in the outside world is discussed. Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, is a Korean-Swedish artist who is addressing these current issues through her artwork. She created her series of work from the hashtag #IAmNotAVirus that was initially created by French Asians. With her illustrations she hopes it provides a better understanding of these issues for people.
The link to the article.->
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/i-am-not-a-virus-how-this-artist-is-illustrating-coronavirus-fueled-racism

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