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As Asian Americans are being stigmatized during the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has begun referring to the outbreak as the Chinese Virus when speaking about it publicly.
Former NBA player Jeremy Lin, one of the most prominent Chinese Americans to ever play in the league, criticized Trump in response. Lin tweeted his thoughts on Tuesday blasting Trump for empowering racism and mismanaging the crisis that continues to amplify in the United States.
Lin responded directly to a tweet from Trump that refereed to COVID-19 as the Chinese Virus.
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Lin shot down detractors who argued about German measles and Spanish flu, noting that Asian Americans are under attack in the United States during the pandemic.
https://sports.yahoo.com/jeremy-lin-slams-donald-trumps-racism-in-calling-coronavirus-chinese-virus-173047792.html
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)who loves to see people suffer.
This is an opportunity he can't pass up
Marthe48
(16,691 posts)I can't believe college-educated people are spewing this racist b.s. I have friends that could be in harm's way. I was worried about their health, now about their safety.
Jspur
(578 posts)and have dealt with similar experiences. I'm an Indian who was born and raise in America but my parents are from India. I remember after 9/11 a lot of members of our community experience attacks and hate crimes from people who were associating us with Arabs.