With the rise in anti-Asian violence, Alexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English and International Affairs, wrote a piece on the origins of anti-Asian racism in the United States for the Global Social Security Review. Her article “The Roots of Anti-Asian Racism in the US: The Pandemic and ‘Yellow Peril’“ provides an overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Asian American community.
Abstract:
COVID-19 has exacerbated anti-Asian racism—the demonization of a group of people based on their perceived social value—in the United States in the cultural and political life. Offering strategies for inclusion during and after the pandemic, this article analyzes the history and language of racism, including the notion of yellow peril. Racialized thinking and racial discourses are institutionalized as power relations, take the form of political marginalization of minority groups, and cause emotional distress and physical harm.
