As the months went on, the Covid pandemic took hold. Former President Donald Trump s xenophobic rhetoric about what he dubbed the China virus spread. Lee was worried about what would happen to the neighborhood and small businesses that were so much a part of her life. I can t lose this community that means so much to me that has helped to shape me as an Asian-American female, Lee recalls feeling.
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A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Photographer: Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg via Getty Images