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The long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from 'yellow peril' to 'model minority' to the 'Chinese virus'

  • Written by Adrian De Leon, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Members of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission protest on the steps of the Statehouse in Boston.AP Photo/Steven Senne

In a recent Washington Post op-ed, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang called upon Asian Americans to become part of the solution against COVID-19.

In the face of rising anti-Asian racist actions – now...

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