“Yellow Peril” and Anti-Asian Prejudice in the Shadow of Coronavirus
Carroll Hall, Freedom Forum Carroll Hall, Chapel HIll, NC, United StatesSince 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