But if you think that all Asian Americans are going to take this lying down, in the words of Judas Priest, you’ve got another thing coming. Just look at what an increasing number of prominent Asian Americans and efforts like the #WashTheHate campaign have been doing. The concern is that continuing racism and discrimination against Asian Americans in pre-pandemic times just hasn’t received the attention that it deserves. Ma indicated that part of the problem has stemmed from Asian Americans being portrayed as the “model minority” (not by Asian Americans, by the way, but by others). Revealing existing problems creates opportunities to address them head on, which is something more and more Asian Americans are doing.

Source: Forbes May 26, 2020 06:00 UTC