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“Yellow Peril” and Anti-Asian Prejudice in the Shadow of Coronavirus

Carroll Hall, Freedom Forum Carroll Hall, Chapel HIll

Since the COVID-19 (popularized as simply “coronavirus”) outbreak began spreading from Wuhan, China in December 2019, anti-Asian prejudice has become painfully visible in daily life, echoing the “Yellow Peril” rhetoric of the 19th century. News and social media are bursting … Read more