I wasn’t able to find the word, asianphobia, with a quick, online search, so I just created the new word since xenophobia is a much broader term, and there’s been a lot of unnecessary fear, hatred, drama, hurt, and suffering around the topic of anti-Asians, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I created and published a YouTube video titled, “Asianphobia,”—(<= click link to open in another window)—with the intention to contribute to our Collective Consciousness.
And it includes: humor, expanded perspectives (the bigger picture), unconditional love (for self/others), stories and profound wisdom.
By the way, when I googled asianphobia, I noticed an article link by The Human Rights Watch, an ‘international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.’
The following is an excerpt from, “Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide” (which I skimmed and scanned through):
“Racism and physical attacks on Asians and people of Asian descent have spread with the Covid-19 pandemic, and government leaders need to act decisively to address the trend,” said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director. “Governments should act to expand public outreach, promote tolerance, and counter hate speech while aggressively investigating and prosecuting hate crimes.”
The UN committee responsible for monitoring compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 182 countries have ratified, has recommended that governments adopt “national action plans against racial discrimination.” Plans should lay out specific approaches to combat racism and discrimination, from enhanced policing of hate crimes to public messaging and education programming encouraging tolerance. Governments need to take urgent action to adopt new action plans to address the wave of Covid-19 racism and xenophobia.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Asians and people of Asian descent have been targets of derogatory language in media reports and statements by politicians as well as on social media platforms, where hate speech related to Covid-19 also appears to have spread extensively […]
Increases in racist rhetoric have coincided with increases in racist attacks. Since February, Asians and people of Asian descent around the world have been subjected to attacks and beatings, violent bullying, threats, racist abuse, and discrimination that appear linked to the pandemic.
[…] Continuing with many examples of anti-Asian words and actions from various countries.
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