Good evening. My name is John Harris. I'm the host of the Conversations that Matter Podcast and in this short video I'd like to express a concern I have regarding the current situation in the United States of America regarding the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine.

Oftentimes in cases of national emergency the media comes to us with a message of

unification and tightening our belts, sacrificing, getting the job done, and I could not agree more.

I lived outside of New York City during 9-11,

and I saw the local community, as well as the state,

as well as our country, come together.

And it was a beautiful thing and it's something

Americans have been known for over the years. However, since the election of

Donald Trump especially there has been a message coming from the media about the threat of division caused by right-wing nationalism, xenophobic racism, etc.

And all mainstream Americans understand the threat that can come from division.

We don't want division coming from the right or the left when it comes to national priorities,

things that actually matter and need to get done. We might differ on what

those priorities are in certain situations, but in general over the years

Americans in times of national emergency have come together, broadly speaking.

In the current situation wherein, though, it seems to me that division is being caused, but it's not by the usual suspects the media

would have us believe caused division. Since January we've been hearing of the

threats posed by xenophobic racism against Chinese.

Along with a growing number of infections the coronavirus is spreading fear and

discrimination against Asian Americans.

It's not just in the US.

Asians around the world have reported discrimination linked to coronavirus.

Well, the community feels like, like you know they're fighting two

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