SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Coronavirus: Asian women in Canada are abused, punched and spat on. Is it racist maskaphobia?

  • Yinxuan Huang

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The South China Morning Post (republished via Yahoo News) quotes Dr Yinxuan Huang, in a story on a spate of attacks in Canada on Asian women wearing masks. Dr Huang’s research examines ‘maskphobia’, and he says cultural differences between East and West have become an “excuse to legitimise xenophobia” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Period13 May 2020

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  • TitleCoronavirus: Asian women in Canada are abused, punched and spat on. Is it racist maskaphobia?
    Media name/outletSouth China Morning Post
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryHong Kong
    Date13/05/20
    DescriptionThe South China Morning Post (republished via Yahoo News) quotes Dr Yinxuan Huang, in a story on a spate of attacks in Canada on Asian women wearing masks. Dr Huang’s research examines ‘maskphobia’, and he says cultural differences between East and West have become an “excuse to legitimise xenophobia” during the coronavirus pandemic.
    URLhttps://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3084090/coronavirus-asian-women-canada-are-abused-punched
    PersonsYinxuan Huang
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Keywords

  • racism
  • COVID-19
  • coronavirus