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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20">Please be alert to any actions of this nature. Stop it and report it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231F20"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#231F20">Coronavirus sparks a rising tide of xenophobia worldwide<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Researchers studying coronavirus-related attacks urge universities in Europe, North America and Australia to do more to protect
Asian students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">March 23, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">By <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/author/joyce-lau"><span style="color:#494343">Joyce Lau</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyceLauNews"><span style="color:#494343">@JoyceLauNews</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343"><img border="0" width="620" height="413" style="width:6.4583in;height:4.302in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D600FB.10182F20"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Source: Getty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Targeted ‘vast misconceptions’ about Covid-19 have spurred discrimination against ‘Asian-looking people’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Jonathan Mok, a <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ucl"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">UCL</span></a> law
student originally from Singapore, was walking in London recently when he heard someone shout: “Coronavirus!” He was then attacked so brutally that he required facial surgery. The British police are now pursuing another case in which <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51951563"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">attackers </span></a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51951563"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">allegedly
tore the clothes</span></a> off a <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-glasgow"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">University of Glasgow</span></a> PhD student from China.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">As the new coronavirus spreads around the world, so do cases of xenophobia against students of Asian descent. In the Netherlands,
some dormitories have been befouled with hate speech, and a Dutch student of Chinese descent <a href="https://nltimes.nl/2020/02/24/dutch-chinese-woman-attacked-asking-others-stop-singing-coronavirus-song%20"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">has
suffered knife wounds</span></a>. From Australia to the US, Asian students have faced slurs, evictions and rejections from medical clinics and classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Cary Wu, an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Canada’s <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-york"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">University
of York</span></a>, is <a href="https://research.info.yorku.ca/2020/03/york-researchers-receive-1-1-million-in-covid-19-research-funding/"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">leading new research</span></a> on whether rising “anti-Asian-looking”
sentiment is a result of the coronavirus outbreak specifically or rather just part of a wider strand of xenophobia in Western society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343;text-transform:uppercase">READ MORE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343"><a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/what-we-can-learn-collective-trauma-these-uncertain-times"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">What
we can learn from the collective trauma of these uncertain times</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">He uses the term “anti-Asian-looking” because attack victims may not be from areas where Covid-19 originated. “There are many Asian-looking
people who are native-born Canadians. And many are immigrants who are from other parts of the world,” he said. “The rise of attacks against ‘Asian-looking people’ is deeply rooted in the historical discrimination against Chinese and Asians in Western cultures
and societies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Dr Wu told <i>Times Higher Education</i> that one of his PhD students had been pushed, yelled at and called “coronavirus” on campus,
and had experienced similar harassment on the streets of Toronto, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. “As a result of these incidents, she has been having difficulties focusing on coursework and research,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">“Since these attacks against Asian students are so common, I cannot say that Western universities are doing enough to protect Asian
students,” Dr Wu said. “As public institutions, universities can do much more. During this difficult time, it becomes much more important for universities to publicly denounce xenophobia.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Dr Wu said universities needed to “condemn and penalise” any discriminatory behaviours. Longer term, they should “build upon scientific
knowledge and design effective measures” to fight xenophobia. These could include promoting diversity among students and staff alike; creating inclusive environments and encouraging interracial interactions; and building up programmes that help students to
cope with the psychological effects of racial attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Jun Wen, a lecturer at <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/edith-cowan-university"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">Edith
Cowan University</span></a> in Australia, is also conducting research on coronavirus-related discrimination, with an initial paper <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13032917.2020.1730621"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">published
in February</span></a> in the journal <i>Anatolia</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">He told <i>THE</i> that the rapid spread of the coronavirus from China to the world “has naturally led to fear and panic in every
society”, which can cause “irrational and even illegal behaviours”. Specifically, he said, “vast misconceptions and misreporting” in the media – for example, headlines saying “China kids stay home” or “Chinese virus pandemonium” – have spurred discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">“We have a responsibility as academics to use our expertise to highlight inaccurate media messaging,” Dr Wen said. “If these misperceptions
aren’t addressed, we may start seeing mental health issues related to social isolation, racial discrimination and unequal treatment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">“Asian students make up a considerable proportion of many university populations and should be welcomed and included like anyone
else,” he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Dr Wen suggested including diversity issues in the curriculum and opening lines of communication between students, faculty and administrations
– efforts that would require cooperation from multiple stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Even the <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-california-berkeley"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">University
of California, Berkeley</span></a>, one of the world’s most liberal-minded and diverse campuses, has not been immune to administrative bumbling over the coronavirus outbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Its health service was roundly criticised when it said in a public message that xenophobia was a “normal” response to the epidemic.
About half of Berkeley’s student body is Asian, including both Asian Americans and international students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">The Instagram post was quickly deleted, and the university administration followed up with a strongly worded <a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/03/06/coronavirus-xenophobia-anti-asian-racism-have-no-place-at-uc-berkeley/"><span style="color:#1169A3;text-decoration:none">message
denouncing discrimination</span></a>. “We also should stand firm in rejecting all forms of anti-Asian sentiment and other xenophobia in the guise of fear of Covid-19,” it said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">Winston Tseng, a Berkeley researcher in Asian American studies and public health, told <i>THE</i> that “there has been xenophobia
pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic on Cal campus, but it is no more than on other campuses in the US”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">“Here at Cal campus, we have many Asian American committees, programmes and student associations − and some of them have been leading
the way to support efforts to be respectful and to support the campus community,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">The campus community, he suggested, needed to “stand up to protest and not be afraid to speak up and be part of this global movement
to fight against...bigotry, xenophobia, Islamophobia and more”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.4pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#494343">“We are in this together,” Dr Tseng said. “Do not fear differences, but get to learn more about one another, and do not be afraid
of strangers. Be open-minded to the change around us and the global world we live in.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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