It is not normal, and racist reactions to the current coronavirus outbreak are NOT OKAY. Publications labeled China and Chinese people the “breeding place of King Plague.”The reactions to the coronavirus outbreak haven’t been all that different. ADVery cool take from my alma mater @UCBerkeley - xenophobia as an acceptable “common reaction” to the coronavirus panic. Boalt’s anti-Chinese writings helped catalyze the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, according to a university news release. please understand https://t.co/fpjlkjci3Y — Top Dog (@DJAL3XGA5) January 30, 2020The revised version of the health-center handout makes no mention of xenophobia.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2020 11:40 UTC