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The Pandemic And Racist Attacks Are Devastating America's Chinatowns


The Pandemic And Racist Attacks Are Devastating America s Chinatowns
The coronavirus pandemic and a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans have significantly impacted the economies and cultural fabric of Chinatowns around the country, and are gravely harming the vitality of some of them, though rallying efforts are underway.
While racism is nothing new for Asian Americans, who have historically been the victims of the racialization of disease in the U.S., the length and intensity of this pandemic has fueled an economic disaster that is increasingly posing an existential threat to Asian American Pacific Islander neighborhoods. 
Occurring parallel to a pandemic that has claimed 582,296 lives in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the pandemic itself has disproportionately impacted Asian Americans in San Francisco, with the demographic accounting for 13.7% of the cases but also 52% of the de ....

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Website Identifies Vaccine Barriers for Asian-Language Speakers


Website Identifies Vaccine Barriers for Asian-Language Speakers
Asian Health Services in Oakland, Calif., unveiled a new website to document incidents of inaccessibility on vaccine websites. The site allows people to make reports in 10 languages other than English.
by Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle
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April 13, 2021
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(TNS) Language barriers often hinder Asian Americans access to lifesaving coronavirus vaccines, says a coalition led by a Bay Area health center.
To measure and highlight the problem, Asian Health Services in Oakland unveiled a new website Monday to collect and publish such stories from around the country.
 
With the intense increase in anti-Asian hate this year, we understand the necessity of documenting and raising the visibility of these experiences, said Thu Quach, Asian Health Services chief deputy of administration. ....

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