The Coronavirus is a serious problem. The threat has spanned multiple parts of the globe, taken the lives of 2,707, and infected 80,370.
But something must be pointed out: the overwhelming majority of people across earth do not have the virus. This is true even for people in or from China, where the virus first broke out.
Unfortunately, many people apparently think every single Chinese person has the virus.
Those people also think that every person of Chinese descent living in another country also has the virus.
They also think every Asian person is a Chinese person.
A slew of incorrect conclusions like that creates a plenty of day-to-day issues for people.
harmony-rose asked, "Asians, what type of racism have you endured since the Coronavirus came out?"
Multicultural When It’s Convenient
My favorite Chinese restaurant has lost massive amounts of customers in the past month. It used to be one of the most popular places to eat, but because the entire staff is Chinese, people are afraid to eat there anymore.
I'm just enjoying the uncrowded buffet.
Year of the Brat
My parents put up some decorations on their front door for chinese new year's (red banners with gold lettering around the door frame) and someone egged the house.
Weird When They Make an Errand of It
Am Chinese. People. Keep. Shouting. At. Me.
I'm a pretty small 14 year old girl and I literally had a grown man follow me down an alleyway shouting about how I should go back to my country and how I'm infectious.
Mic Drop
I was at a groccery store in the alcohol department. I was minding my own business and then these college students begin to slowly walk towards me whispering and giggling, "Pst. We need to put on our masks."
They stopped about 6 feet away from me. I looked at them dead in the eyes and coughed. Then I said, "Your health care should be able to cover for that."
GiphyWouldn’t Do Much Anyway
I was on a Delta flight, and as people boarded the plane, they would see me and cover their face.
I'm a Korean-American, and have been living in the Midwest for 30+ years.
THAT PERSON KNOWS MORE ABOUT ILLNESS THAN YOU
A friend (Chinese doctor in the UK) had a patient walk out of the room as soon as they saw she was Chinese.
Has Never Been Subtle
The amount of times I've been picked up by an uber driver who then "subtly" puts on a mask is hilarious.
GiphyA Lot Going on Here
I'm not even Asian but someone asked me if my mother brought the "Kung Flu" with her.
We're from Mexico.
Opportunist
If I'm waiting in line and it's really long, i just cough and say "man this cough has been getting worse ever since I got back from China."
Line clears up pretty quick after that.
GiphyScattering Twerps
My Asian friend said that as he was passing outside of a primary school a group of kids yelled at him "its Corona time" . He stopped and approached the gate and said " oh no i feel a sneeze coming " and the kids ran away.
Even if the Assumption was Correct, Would NOT Recommend Charging Into Closer Contact
Some lady demanded I leave a public area next to a shopping center. When I refused, she left, and then charged at me a few minutes later, this making me slam my head into a metal trash can.
Kids are Always the Cruelest
Not an Asian but there is this one Asian kid at my school and he got shut in a cupboard during math because he needed to be 'quarantined' while the teacher wasn't looking. Then they pushed a table in front of the cupboard so he couldn't get out.
A Very Poor Response
I went to Hong Kong and Taiwan to visit family during fall break and my teacher who had known about the trip and announced it to the class.
The entire class mutually agreed to put me in the back corner and make me wear a face mask every time I step in.
It Spreads Through the WIRES, man!
I'm not even Chinese. I'm Indian. I made the mistake of saying that on a Minecraft server and got myself banned lmao.
Reason by one of the admins "cause of corona virus spreading around the world."
Zero Subtlety Whatsoever
Recently got blood work done at a lab. The waiting room is split into two halves. About 9 chairs on one side wrapping around the walls, and another 7 chairs on the other half. I'm on the side with 9 chairs and seated at the very end.
I look up and see everyone is sitting next to each other filling up the 7 chairs and staring at me and whispering.
A Gigantic Escalation
I coughed because I swallowed my water incorrectly and someone near me told me to go back to where I came from.
Not everyone was happy about the South Korean director giving the majority of his acceptance speech in his native language, however.
Right-wing pundit Jon Miller decided to chime in with his two cents on Twitter. He was evidently quite unhappy with Bong's choice to speak his own language and a Korean film winning Oscars .
Miller—who works for Fox News reject Glenn Beck's The Blaze—posted:
"A man named Bong Joon Ho wins #Oscar for best original screenplay over Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917."
"Acceptance speech was: 'GREAT HONOR. THANK YOU.'"
"Then he proceeds to give the rest of his speech in Korean."
"These people are the destruction of America."
A man named Bong Joon Ho wins #Oscar for best original screenplay over Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917. Ac… https://t.co/x3oJ5hENgQ— Jon Miller (@Jon Miller) 1581299047.0
Singer-songwriter John Legend wasn't having any of it, though.
Legend responded:
"Do they pay you for these dumb takes or is this something you do for fun"
@MillerStream Do they pay you for these dumb takes or is this something you do for fun— John Legend (@John Legend) 1581301978.0
Legend wasn't the only one to take umbrage at Miller's casual xenophobia, though.
Celebrities and everyday people alike joined in dunking on Miller.
@MillerStream Imagine living such a charmed life that your biggest fear is Korean screenwriters speaking their nati… https://t.co/QcFV5lzHw5— Andrew Solender (@Andrew Solender) 1581300348.0
@realJacobAirey @MillerStream It’s not an overreaction - overreactions are when you’re right but you’ve over done y… https://t.co/cBHODyUTuy— Tom Brennan Blue Checkmark (@Tom Brennan Blue Checkmark) 1581299613.0
@MillerStream Xenophobia is a hell of a drug.— Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants) 1581299817.0
@MillerStream god if you’re this scared about ONE Korea, I have bad news for you— Sam Sykes (@Sam Sykes) 1581303548.0
Miller quickly tried to backpedal and claim people were misinterpreting his tweet.
But his revised interpretation isn't really any better. Complaining because a Korean film and filmmaker won the awards is just as problematic when numerous British films have won with no such complaints.
1917—one of the films Miller claimed should have won—is categorized as a British film.
“These people” are obviously not Koreans but those in Hollywood awarding a foreign film that stokes flames of class… https://t.co/rnMVN6dKrI— Jon Miller (@Jon Miller) 1581301683.0
Miller didn't clarify if it was the Whiteness of the cast or the language they and the filmmakers spoke which made 1917 acceptable and Parasite not.
Referencing another historic Oscar moment—Māori filmmaker Taika Waititi's Indigenous land acknowledgement during his acceptance speech—writer and former child star Mara Wilson made an important point about languages.
@MillerStream You’re right, technically he should have said “thank you” in the Tongva language— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson) 1581301873.0
Xenophobia and racism really aren't a good look. And backpedaling instead of just apologizing definitely didn't win the support of any of Miller's detractors.
Parasite won 4 academy awards based on its own merits and Bong giving his acceptance speech—a very emotional thing to do—in the language he's most comfortable with just makes sense.
A common microaggression many people of color face at some point?
The assertion that all people that share their race or ethnicity look alike.
You likely know author, actress, model, television host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi best as the host of Top Chef, a competitive cooking show between professional chefs.
Top Chef Season 8 - Richard please pack your knives.... www.youtube.com
Our hearts practically stop whenever she says:
"Please, pack your knives."
This is Priyanka Chopra—actress, singer, film producer, winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, star of Quantico, Baywatch, Isn't It Romantic? and wife to Nick Jonas.
Everything Priyanka Chopra Does in a Day | Vanity Fair www.youtube.com
It appears The New Yorker cannot tell the difference between the two women.
When they were promoting Padma Lakshmi for their "Celebrity Cartoon Takeover," they tagged Priyanka Chopra in the post.
The magazine eventually took down the post, but not before Padma screen-shotted the mistake.
And absolutely roasted them.
The roast she threw in was perfect.
"Thank you to the illustrious "@nydailynews" for the shoutout 😉 I know to some we all look alike, but 🤷🏾♀️... #desilife #justindianthings"
Mixing up The New Yorker with the New York Daily News?
Genius.
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker https://t.co/2ey7tgHzN6— Maysoon (@Maysoon) 1577579876.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker At least they didn't tag the photo as "Kal Penn." Silver lining...?— Neena Needel (@Neena Needel) 1577579834.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker Oh. My. God.— Moving Forward, Gaining Momentum (@Moving Forward, Gaining Momentum) 1577579592.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker Yet never will they forget the é in Timothée Chalamet— K Devan (@K Devan) 1577581110.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker https://t.co/VVUPp7D3QV— 𝕒𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖 ☸️♿ (@𝕒𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖 ☸️♿) 1577579807.0
Chopra has not yet commented on the mix-up herself, but Lakshmi's fans are all cringing with her.
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker https://t.co/25In72IeJF— Nancy Elyse (@Nancy Elyse) 1577582113.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker Epic fail. No more words. #diversitymatters— Dr. Anita M. Cal (@Dr. Anita M. Cal) 1577593445.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker Padmaaaaaaaaaaaa there's only one of you and i ❤️ you— barkha dutt (@barkha dutt) 1577621172.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker Good grief! 😞 the irony is that it’s all the blonde size 0s on Fox News etc t… https://t.co/JGF7UPIEJA— Neelia (@Neelia) 1577635332.0
@PadmaLakshmi @NYDailyNews @NewYorker https://t.co/Fm6dLkPVSE— Rejina Sincic (@Rejina Sincic) 1577581693.0
Lakshmi has retweeted some of the comments she found the funniest.
😂😂 @kalpenn https://t.co/rEbSLsaNkv— Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi) 1577580076.0
I just cackled 😂 https://t.co/s9e9DWAWjO— Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi) 1577581130.0
In general, Lakshmi produces some really amazing content on her page.
Me in 2020: https://t.co/B0M9LRpwDo— Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi) 1577734529.0
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Damn, I miss “before” https://t.co/CQlUtNNJ7E— Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi) 1577198441.0
So for more excellent roasts, head over to her page and give her a follow.
You can see Lakshmi outside the Top Chef kitchen in her series Planet Food. Get Planet Food - India here.