'It has always been exhausting to be Asian in America, but at the moment we’re particularly on edge, wary of being the target of the next hate crime or racist jeer.' –saruhli
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. On one hand, America was my home: It’s where I went to school, fell in of love, and found my calling as a writer. But on the other hand, I never felt AmericanFrom my surname to my features, I was always haunted by this underlying sentiment that my heritage was shameful, spurred on by racist remarks from classmates, neighbors, and strangers alike.
Among the range of insults , there was always one that stood out more than the rest: Chinese people are dirty. In the last few months, hateful rhetoric against Chinese people has spiked. It doesn’t take a genius to pinpoint why. When an outbreak of Coronavirus,
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