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Tag Archives: coronavirus
NBA G League Dealing Internally with Player who called Jeremy Lin “Coronavirus”
The NBA has identified the player who Jeremy Lin said called him “coronavirus” during G-League play. Lin, who went back to the NBA’s development league in order work his way back into the NBA after playing for the Beijing Ducks, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged basketball, coronavirus, G League, Jeremy Lin, NBA
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Asian Americans Lead in Intent to Get COVID-19 Vaccinations
A friend of mine had posted about this recent Pew Research report on ‘Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases.‘ It surprised me that Asians are currently more likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health and Beauty
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination
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Asian American Commercial Watch: The Perfect Meg
These days, seeing Asian Americans on commercials is not that unusual, but two things struck me about this commercial from Dave and Busters. First, the goofy fun from actress Donna Park really made me laugh. Second, it’s interesting how a … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Dave and Busters, Donna Park, The Perfect Meg
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Asian Americans using the Covid-19 Lockdown to learn Family Languages
Like a lot of millennials, the Daughter moved back in with us after college. One surprising result of her move was that she began to pick up Tagalog. Although she grew up in an Asian neighborhood and some her aunts … Continue reading
COVID-19’s Disproportional Impact on Asian American Employment
A recent report published by UCLA finds that Asian Americans workers have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. As shown above in the graph above, Asian American unemployment rates and jobless rates were at one point lower than that of whites, … Continue reading
Why there are so Many Filipino Nurses in the US: A Video Explanation
We talked about how Filipino American nurses have been hard hit by the Coronavirus, which makes sense since they are a significant proportion of the US nursing workforce compared to their proportion of the general US population. How did that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, History, Labor
Tagged Catherine Ceniza Choy, coronavirus, COVID-19, Filipino nurses
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Chinatown Block Watch: Fighting Xenophobia in New York’s Chinatown
In response to xenophobic attacks in New York’s Chinatown, activist Karlin Chan formed Chinatown Block Watch. He is interviewed here in an episode of PBS’s Brief but Spectacular (included is a transcript of the interview). In a Bowery Boogie interview, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Local, New York
Tagged Chinatown Block Watch, coronavirus, COVID-19, Karlin Chan, New York Chinatown
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Filipino American Nurses and Medical Workers Hit Hard by Coronavirus
If you are a Filipino American, it is highly likely that you know lots of nurses and other medical workers. It also is highly likely that news that that Filipino American nurses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 Pandemic … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Diabetes, Filipino-Americans, hypertension, Nurses
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Passing Pauses: Reflections on a Single Death in a New York City ER
When patient M.M. died during her shift, Emergency Room Nurse Laura Ng didn’t feel much at the moment. Only after she had a day off did she have a chance to do some justice to that death. Of the accounts … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, New York
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency room, New York City
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Extraordinary Runner takes Boston Marathon Postponement in Stride
72 year old Jeannie Rice is still motivated to run, even after the Boston Marathon, which she was scheduled to run, was postponed to September 14, 2020 because of the coronavirus. While I am sure that many people were disappointed, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health, Sports
Tagged Boston Marathon, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jeannie Rice, running
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The Darkness Has Not Overcome It: Jeremy Lin on the Coronavirus, Hate, and What he is Doing about It
When I saw an e-mail called titled “The Darkness Has Not Overcome It” this morning, I thought to myself, “some Players Tribune article, maybe I’ll read it later.” I was surprised when I did read it later after seeing some … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Health, Sports
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Direct Relief, Feeding America, Jeremy Lin
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Bay Area Town Hall on Coronavirus and Hate
You might think that a heavily Asian American area like the San Francisco Bay Area would be immune to coronavirus related racial harassment, but these days, the large Asian American population means a lot more targets to hate. KGO, a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination
Tagged Andrew Yang, Bay area, coronavirus, COVID-19, Jeff Yang
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