KEAT: A renewed case for an Asian American Studies program
The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably affected all of our lives substantially. As the virus has spread rapidly worldwide, we all feel a sense of acute danger. However, for Asian Americans, the danger extends beyond infection. As Americans have searched for a scapegoat, our failure to contain the pandemic and our president’s reckless characterization of it as a “Chinese virus,” Asian Americans have reported over 1,500 hate incidents in the past month and a half — including at least one at the University.