“Progress against bias is generally stable,” one researcher said. “But this particular rhetoric, which associates a racial group with a global pandemic, has particularly pernicious effects.” - NBCAsianAmerica
Members of the Asian American Commission hold a press conference to condemn racism toward the Asian American community because of the coronavirus in Boston on March 12, 2020.A recent study shows that rampant use of the “China virus" to refer to the coronavirus, particularly by conservative outlets, had a profound impact on how those in the United States see Asian Americans.
However researchers observed a trend reversal on March 8, the day Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., tweeted about the “Wuhan virus.” The timing also coincided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s interview the day before on"Fox and Friends," in which he referred to the “China virus." In February, the World Health Organization had cautioned against using such language, warning that it could stigmatize an entire people.
“Progress against bias is generally stable,” another researcher, Eli Michaels, said. “But this particular rhetoric, which associates a racial group with a global pandemic, has particularly pernicious effects.” The yearslong decline in bias could have to do with better Asian American representation, Sean Darling-Hammond, another researcher who worked on the study, said. Biases generally tend to soften when people consume media that depicts minority groups in a positive light, he said.
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