Judge Using Phrase China Virus Asked to Apologize Amid Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Newsweek 3/7/2021 Alexandra Garrett © RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images Tracy Wong wearing a face mask and holding a sign takes part in a rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence, near Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, on February 20, 2021. - The rally was organized in response to last month s fatal assault of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand, in San Francisco.
An Ohio judge was asked to apologize after he used the term China virus in a newsletter. The backlash came as studies found the term led to a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
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