Letter to the editor
To the Editor:
Interethnic relations in America will be on a more solid footing with these conscientious students in the lead, especially if we take an expansive view of what an anti-Asian hate crime is.
As the town and the country seek to end these crimes, it s important to remember that Asians are not only East Asians. Asians include those from Myanmar/Burma (including Rohingya Muslims), South Asians (including Indians and Pakistanis), and Iranians. The spiritual and ancestral homelands of Arabs, and of Jews, are in the southwestern-most countries in Asia.
Many of these groups suffer from hate crimes as do those whose ancestry is East Asian, some motivated by the pandemic. Indeed although Jews are properly considered a nation rather than just a religion, FBI statistics regularly show Jews as the religious group most frequently targeted in hate crimes.
Should Vaccinations Be Required for Some?
Readers offer different views. “If it requires a mandate to bring this pandemic under control, the sooner the better,” one reader says. Another cites “personal concerns” about the vaccine.
April 16, 2021, 10:31 a.m. ET
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To the Editor:
Re “These People Must Get Vaccinations,” by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Aaron Glickman and Amaya Diana (Op-Ed, April 15):
Dr. Emanuel and his colleagues argue that health care workers, teachers, students and first responders should be required to get vaccinated for work. They specifically express concern about high hesitancy among nursing home workers given their high-risk patients. I am a pro-vaccine pediatrician who combats vaccine hesitancy regularly, but I believe that the authors have ignored crucial context.