China News Service, September 3, according to the US "World Journal" report, more than a year after the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, it has caused a dual threat of health and racial discrimination to Asians. Bullying.
Lin Zhenghao, who attended Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn, looked back and said that he had experienced all kinds of micro-discrimination since he immigrated to the United States. Feeling worried.
Lin Zhenghao said that the prejudice against Asians in the outside world existed before the epidemic. He immigrated to the United States when he was in the fourth grade. At that time, he ridiculed himself more often in order to mingle with classmates of other ethnicities. With an Asian face, he and his friends have experienced campus bullying issues such as being treated differently on the sports field and being cut in line when buying food after class.
A week before the school was closed due to the epidemic, Lin Zhenghao and his friend walked out of the locker room and suddenly heard a voice saying, oh my god, they look exactly the same, and the words are full of discrimination.
Last year, he chose to take classes remotely. In addition to his fear of the new crown virus, he was also afraid of going out because he was constantly exposed to incidents of violent crimes committed by Asians on social media.
Lin Zhenghao said that he didn't know what could relieve his tension, and he is currently receiving counseling to prepare psychologically for returning to school.
Kaveri Sengupta, Education Policy Coordinator of the Alliance for Asian Children and Families (CACF), said that many Asian families have similar scruples, worrying that their children will be subjected to micro-discrimination or hate crimes in public when they return to school after more than a year; In schools with a high percentage of Asian students, the management is not prepared to take into account the psychological state of the students.
Sengupta said that we should not ignore Asian students' non-academic needs just because they think that Asian students are better in their academic work. The school should take corresponding measures to prevent bad school experience from becoming a shadow of children.
(Yan Jieen)