I don’t scare easily, but COVID-19 virus of hate has me terrified: Reporter’s Notebook

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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: The novel coronavirus has mutated for some into a virus of hate against Asian Americans and my fear of getting sick is now overshadowed by my terror over the backlash against my community. Via nydia_han.

I derive strength from this new generation of leaders. I feel a heightened urgency to amplify our voices and share our uniquely American experiences, making sure we are covered consistently and not just during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. I see if we want to change the false narrative casting us as forever foreigners, our stories must be correctly framed as mainstream, American ones on our home page and general news feed, not isolated to special sections.

Journalist Nydia Han holds up several hashtags used to bring awareness to Asian American discrimination.But this is not just about Asian Americans. This virus of hate moves and no one is immune. Thousands of Jews were persecuted and held responsible for the Black Death. Many Irish workers were blamed for causing cholera. Some African immigrants were shunned during the Ebola outbreak. Many default to hate and prejudice when they are afraid and uncertain. Today Asian Americans are the target.

Some are now calling for all of us to stand in solidarity. That is not an easy ask, especially during these unprecedented times. People are dying and losing jobs. Lives are being upended and disrupted in ways never imagined. But for our lives to return to some semblance of normal, the best course of action is to work together.

 

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nydia_han There’s huge difference between Chinese and other Asians. It should be specifically mentioned.

nydia_han Can only be because of that bastard TRUMP

nydia_han This is absolutely shocking.....

nydia_han Our community gets this on a regular.

nydia_han A disease or a virus has no hate, it is people who hate.

nydia_han Thank you for writing this article. I never know about the Chinese Exclusion Act until I read this. Painful for being Asian in America, yet only black and hispanic were noted in medias for being a victim for one or more reasons. Americans should be united as one Nation.

nydia_han 10s of millions of Americans are cashless, all desperate to feed their children. Meanwhile richest Americans merrily float on a rapidly rising tide of money thanks mainly to Trump. Federal Reserve data shows a record flow pour trillions of $ into their accounts as they fired help

nydia_han The last time you guys posted about this, the comments were SHOCKINGLY racist. So let's see...Ahhh. Yup. Wow.

nydia_han Hmmmmm Liberal State trend?

nydia_han Unfortunately you have to thank our so-called president

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nydia_han Today is about honoring the heroes who paid the ultimate price in defense of your freedom

nydia_han Reminds me of the attacks on Japanese Americans after December 7th 1941. We had alot of idiots and Rednecks back then and we still got plenty.

nydia_han If I was Korean, Japanese or other Asian, I would be very upset with china right now.

nydia_han I call BS.....Every reporter for fake news is playing the race card, in one way or another. If it's not the race card, then it's the gay/lesbian/transgender/etc card.

nydia_han Now you have nderstand perhaps the situation of a European in China?

nydia_han Don't worry i still have a thing for Asian chicks

nydia_han Stay healthy, stay strong.

nydia_han Chicken little.

nydia_han Key word is American.

nydia_han Seriously y r Chinese reporters media n ppl quite on atrocities of CCP N NOW U APPEAL WORLD SERIOUSLY N SADLY CHINESE PPL COULDNT CONTROL THEIR GOVERNING ENTITY N EXPECT WORLD TO CAVE IN CHINESE PPL MIGHT B OK BEING SLAVE OF XI JINPING BUT DONT EXPECT TGAT FROM THE WORLD 🙏

nydia_han There is a difference between asian population and a dictatorial regime. Let's not forget!

nydia_han Seems like everything needs to be about race. ABC is FakeNews

nydia_han People are sick of ABC News they sound the alarm for 3 years now they want people to hunker down and try to shame them. who do these people think they are

nydia_han Well it is China's fault 🤷‍♀️

nydia_han Unfortunately in dark times like these, people show their true colors. Surround yourself with those that care. Stay safe.

nydia_han Oh please...

nydia_han Wow this is some self centered bullshit.

nydia_han Don't blame Asians blame China as a country with very irresponsible & inept government mandated food laws.

nydia_han Reclama esto a tus ancestros chinos

nydia_han Oh look Journalism 101: Make sure your story is a narcissistic maudlin crapfest that makes it all about you.

nydia_han Complete fucking nonsense

nydia_han You have got to be kidding me! Here in NV we want to open back up! We have ZERO energy to direct our request to get our lives back by laying blame on Asian Americans ... It is our Govnr that we are letting know our thoughts on covid19

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nydia_han Soooo full of shit. Still trying to hang onto that 15 minutes of fame...

nydia_han ABC, You published story. Do you really believe this problem exists ?

nydia_han What utter nonsense. This woman has not lived in fear her entire life. I hate the msm. Literal garbage

nydia_han Bullshit

nydia_han Bullshit

nydia_han Bwahahahaha... No it hasn’t , nice try!!!!

nydia_han Not really a thing

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nydia_han the virus has not mutated and there is no hate on people who are Asian American, I am Asian American and live in a community that has had no problems, The media tried this before it turn out to be lies

nydia_han What we need to do is make sure these markets selling these wild animals particularly in China get shut down permanently and then move on from this.

nydia_han Just stop the dirty politics

nydia_han Quit it

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nydia_han There is no excuse.

nydia_han I do not hate Asian Americans I just hate China

nydia_han I have yet to meet anyone who thinks like this? Wtf is wrong with you people. EnemyOfThePeople

nydia_han yaaaawn

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nydia_han Oh Nydia. That’s just not true. Stop it.

nydia_han I have heard of NO backlash against the Chinese community, none! All I have heard is the MEDIA trying to foment some! Frankly, the ONLY thing I’m upset at the Chinese community about is I can’t find a Chinese Buffet that is open!

nydia_han Where is there a example of evidence you need to be in terror over this?

nydia_han Is this Jessie Smollett's cousin?

nydia_han We live in a sad time. 💔

nydia_han Thank Trump 4 this 1

nydia_han More like Reporter's Diary. Dear Diary, how can I make this and all things more about MEEEEEEEEE? FFS grow up.

nydia_han YOU HACKS IN THE MSM are so predictable! Race Baiting, then Stormy reruns!

This is disgusting. I blame the abhorrent behavior of realDonaldTrump for fueling the fire. Unfortunately small minds think alike!

nydia_han We the humans should learn from Corona Virus 🦠. Virus didn’t care, if you were black, white, yellow, brown, christians, Muslims, jews, Hindus or anything in between. It attacked & killed all. Now is the time for humans to unite as one, love each other & fight back to save all.

nydia_han UnrulyTeens

nydia_han Acknowledging Covid-19 spread to human population originated in China isn’t racism, its realism. Holding the Chinese government responsible for lying about human to human spread is prudent, not racism!

nydia_han What a hot pile of garbage

nydia_han :Yawn: You're not relevant enough to be hated.

nydia_han Asians Americans have NOTHING to do with the virus. Stop these hate crimes. We are Americans, prejudism should be a thing of the past in this country! AMERICA IS THE GRETEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! And we as Americans need to live up to those high standards!!

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nydia_han Ummmmmm I call bullshit

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nydia_han Coronavirus hate not as comparable to Human Trafficking, sexual assault, stalking and domestic violence BUT maybe it is realDonaldTrump is linked to that and the racial remarks that started Asian Coronavirus hate!

nydia_han Hang in there. Don't let a vocal minority dampen your view of the vast majority of Americans & others around the World..

nydia_han That's what you get when you ignore HYGIENE. . .STOP EATING RATS, COCKROACH, SNAKES, CRICKETS etc. Clean you KITCHEN. . .YOUR NOODLES ARE FULL OF COCKAKAROACH. . .now you are trying to evade my country PHILIPPINES.

nydia_han Well this is inconvenient:

nydia_han The issue is Wînnïe Pööh. He has a technocratic regime, from Orwel's 1986 novel. This ensuing issue is at no fault of your own (group).

nydia_han I’m so sorry that the Chinese government has caused this backlash against Asian-Americans. We have lost our freedom, our rights and for some our jobs. I do not condone violence against the community. It’s driven by ignorance of a few.

nydia_han Unfounded fears aren’t a reason to do anything.

nydia_han I’m gonna say this is a lie. I don’t know or have never heard of anyone actually hating Americans for causing this virus. Nor have I heard people hating the Chinese populace other than the govt.

nydia_han Don't worry it only goes after rlderly and already sick people

nydia_han Utter bullshit! ABC News, an arm of the Democrat party, pushing race wars in the middle of a pandemic. Cretins. Meanwhile there were no stories on how the Chinese were accusing our military were spreading the virus to China!

nydia_han Don’t boil dogs alive, don’t eat uncooked rat/bat and people won’t make fun of ya it’s not hard

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nydia_han When you write gay tweets like that you can see why

nydia_han You can’t live in fear. Not everyone is like the president. I have many Asian friends and I love them dearly.

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nydia_han What the hell is wrong with those idiots,it was not you personally. There just ignorant.

nydia_han Interesting since I'm from Philly we been hated so I'm used to it...

nydia_han Blame the Democrats. Xi Xin Ping unusually bold all of a sudden after 30 years of boring, as if he’s counting on something happening or coming together. Taiwan & Hong Kong? In one fell swoop? Serious anti-liberty coup plotted & COVID-19 part of it.

nydia_han Congratulations ABC for spreading hate everywhere

nydia_han The news media is responsible. Regular folks like me have nothing but respect for the Chinese people. It’s the Communist Chinese that have caused this fiasco.

nydia_han Systematic hatred of all minorities. First it was Muslims, then Mexicans/Hispanics, then African Americans and look now its Asians. Oh yeah and can’t forget Jews. His whole base is anti Semitic.

nydia_han Please stop the BS. Americans are angry with the Chinese Government not you.

nydia_han Don't argue with success! Covid-19 death: US 100,000 China 4,600 Covid-19 infected population: US 1,600,000 China 83,000 Population: US 350,000,000 China 1,400,000,000 Ask yourself why?! Don't politicize the Covid-19 viruses! Mankind is not clever to make the viruses!

nydia_han Don't argue with success! Covid-19 death: US 100,000 China 4,600 Covid-19 infected population: US 1,600,000 China 83,000 Population: US 350,000,000 China 1,400,000,000 Ask yourself why?! Don't politicize the Covid-19 viruses! Mankind is so intelligent to make the viruses!

nydia_han the media turned a mild flu into the apocalypse. made everyone scared as shit and then wondered why everyone was freaking out

nydia_han Covid19 is just one of a myriad of Reasons for America to Spew Their Racism. It's Always There, I Love My Asian Family. Understand This My Asian Family If it wasn't Covid19 that ''They'' would Hate you for, it would just Simply Be ''You''. Think over that...

nydia_han UyghurHolocaust

nydia_han Sadly the real crisis is yet to hit

nydia_han Asian-Americans should be a ripe demographic for the GOP - family-focused, small business owning & law abiding. But the GOP just cannot quit when it comes to racism so Asian-Americans will solidify their support for Democrats for another generation.

nydia_han If the coronavirus does not kill them, the liberals will make sure they are beaten to death.

nydia_han ChineseVirus

nydia_han Why does Trump blame China for 'a flu' virus?! He said that 'It is one person from China' and 'it is under control'. What happened to the magic hydroxychloroquine and disinfectant therapies? They do not work to save the 90k American lives? This proves Trump is incompetent!

nydia_han Pure hogwash and fake news

nydia_han Clarity Dear Citizens, most of those hate crimes against Asians are from African Americans on the City Streets. Clarity Dear Citizens:

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nydia_han Some people don't understand the concept of germs. In one room some people are wearing masks and some don't including the healthcare worker who frequently coughs.

nydia_han Get over it snowflake...almost 100,000 have died and you are whining because people are mad at your ancestors for letting this happen...tell your problems to China

nydia_han Geez, where could they have learned THAT behavior? From the guy who called it a 'Chinese Virus?' And all of his idiotic, gullible, & hateful supporters repeat it? Yeah, those are Trump's 'Good people.' Trumprehensible

nydia_han Sorry blame to China. I am a Chinese decedent. However No one has treated me bad because being Chinese in this country. ABC is creating divisions between me and this country that I love so much.

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nydia_han Unfortunately, the ignorance of some is terrifying, here in Brazil people are committing intolerant acts against those of their own country. I know your feeling well!

nydia_han KNOW THAT JESUS' LOVE IS BIGGER THAN THIS VIRUS

nydia_han Stay home then….. your network promulgates fear every day. Wearing masks when not a single soul is near you. America is strong and we reject the shutdown

nydia_han On their own, the 1930s racist German people were just prejudiced a**holes, but with a national leader amplifying their prejudices they became a murderous machine of hate and violence. History is doomed to repeat itself if ignored.

nydia_han Facts:

nydia_han The Wuhan Virus is a plague on the world, because the Communist government of China lied to everyone and murdered their own Asian citizens who tried to tell the truth about it. To recognize its geographical origins in its name is the standard scientific means of identification.

nydia_han Bullshit.

nydia_han Fake news - media spewing their magnification of the insignificant - this nation filled with Asian Americans that are here because it’s to place to be

nydia_han What happened to being strong and brave?

nydia_han probably by the democrats

nydia_han victims

nydia_han Work no longer needed for an income to be economically useful all we need money. Supply chains can run on half current workforce

nydia_han JussieSmollet Part II

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nydia_han lol, fake news

nydia_han BoycottChina

nydia_han Racism is the ugliest quality a person can have.

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nydia_han No it hasn’t.

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nydia_han Dear it’s ok to quit China.

nydia_han We hate you because your are a lying 'journalist' who routinely seeks to deceive America. Your race has literally nothing to do with it. Stop pretending disgust over your bad actions is 'racism.'

nydia_han Chinese people are the biggest victims of the CCP

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