(Year-end Feature) It is harder to find the antidote to "racism" for Chinese people who are trapped by "double virus"

　　China News Service, Beijing, December 29th, title: Chinese people are attacked by the "double virus" and the antidote to "racism" is harder to find

　　China News Agency reporter Ran Wenjuan

　　The new crown pneumonia pandemic has caused racist sludge.

Under the attack of the "double virus", the situation of overseas Chinese in 2020 can be described as worse.

Nowadays, the advent of vaccines has brought dawn to contain the new crown virus, but the antidote to the "racist virus" is even harder to find.

　　In early February, overseas Chinese restaurants were the first to feel this "chill". Not only did their business plummet, they also suffered unprovoked abuse and slander.

A "Wuhan noodle restaurant" in Toronto was framed to sell bat soup and snakes, and its turnover dropped significantly.

Since then, overseas discrimination and prejudice against Chinese have intensified. Supermarkets, subways, parks and even Chinese residences have become the scene of "hate crime".

　　A report released in August by the American Civil Organization Chinese Rights Promotion Association pointed out that from March 19 to August 5, 2020, the United States received a total of 2,583 incidents of discrimination against Asian Americans.

In Canada, Australia and other countries, the Chinese community has been attacked by racial elements.

　　In fact, in this epidemic that all mankind is facing, the overseas Chinese generally abide by the epidemic prevention regulations, isolate themselves at home, and do their best to participate in living in the country to fight the epidemic. Their performance is not only blameless but also committed. Actively demonstrate.

This is still under attack due to skin color. It is a pity that the "racist virus" is no less harmful than the new crown.

　　New crown pneumonia is a new infectious disease, while the "racist virus" targeting Chinese is a chronic disease.

Take the United States as an example. From the time when Chinese laborers went to the United States to build railroads more than 100 years ago, to the passage of the infamous "Chinese Exclusion Act" in 1882, to the murder of Chen Guoren, which caused public outrage in the 1980s... American society's racial discrimination against Chinese people The haze is always on.

Under the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians frequently used speeches such as "Chinese virus" as a shield for ineffective anti-epidemic. Coupled with some media distorted reports, the "switch" of racial discrimination was once again "triggered" and the Chinese were the first to be the targets of venting.

　　The recently released "China International Migration Report 2020" also pointed out that the issue of immigration has become an important topic of social conflicts caused by the transfer of political parties to the epidemic, and the "anti-immigration" trend has been further strengthened in some Western countries.

Against this background, racism may not be quelled in the short term, and its destructive effects will also be difficult to eliminate in the short term.

　　For the new crown virus, people can still "cannot afford to hide", but for the "racist virus", avoiding it will not help.

In the year of 2020, the Chinese community will face discrimination "head-on" and "not afraid".

　　In May, the Fang Li Bangqin Foundation and other 17 American Chinese and Asian community organizations jointly issued an open letter to the American public, emphasizing the rejection of political tactics to hype racial division and segregation, and calling on all ethnic groups in the United States to unite in the fight against the epidemic; Chairman Zhu Xiaojiu initiated the establishment of the "International Alliance Against Racial Discrimination of Chinese People" and received widespread responses; Chinese Argentines have been tirelessly defending their rights and successfully made the country’s well-known host Eduardo Feynman apologize for slandering the Chinese on TV...

　　Fortunately, there are always rational and friendly voices towards the Chinese community.

At the beginning of the year, many national politicians went to local Chinese restaurants to dine and acted physically to cheer up the Chinese community.

Since then, politicians, officials, media, and representatives of international organizations have condemned racism and called for sharing the storm and fighting the epidemic.

These voices have added strength and warmth to the Chinese community as well as the whole world to fight the epidemic.

　　At present, the advent of vaccines has brought dawn to contain the new crown virus, but it will take longer to fight against the "racist virus".

To be sure, the Chinese community will not shrink back on the road to resist discrimination, nor will they be alone.

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