S1E67 / Past Is Prologue: Epidemics & Anti-Asian Xenophobia / Toby Chow, Merlin Chowkwanyun, David Randall

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Society & Culture, #Eradication, Medicine, #Covid, Science, Life Sciences, #Sarscov2, Documentary, #Coronavirus, #Covid19, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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"I think a lot of people don't understand how fearful Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans are in this moment" -Toby Chow On March 16, a gunman in Atlanta killed eight people. Six of them were women of Asian descent. During the last 12 months, anti-Asian hate crimes were up 150% in the United States but the coronavirus pandemic is not the first time people of Asian descent have been stigmatized because of a disease. In this episode, we’ll look back at what happened in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush when an outbreak of the plague was blamed on Chinese immigrants. We'll look back to see what happened in San Francisco, and how overcoming bigotry then prevented a plague pandemic in America. If you're looking to support the Asian American and Pacific Islander community at this time, two organizations we recommend are the Asian American Pacific Islander Civic Engagement Fund and Asian American Advancing Justice Atlanta. https://aapifund.org https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	I think a lot of people don't understand how fearful Chinese Americans and other Asian
0:17.4	Americans are in this moment.
0:20.9	How we respond to disease is in fact a mirror and a microcosm of what is going on in a larger
0:26.6	society.
0:39.8	You're listening to Epidemic, the podcast about the science, public health and social
0:43.9	impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
0:46.5	I'm your host Dr. Celine Gounder.
0:56.6	We're into some some tragic news, deadly shootings in Atlanta, killing at least eight people.
1:08.4	A suspect is in custody this morning and police across the country are on alert this morning
1:13.1	as well.
1:14.1	Fear in the attacks may have targeted the Asian community.
1:17.2	The shooting spree began around 5 p.m. Monday at Young's Asian massage parlour in Cherokee
1:22.2	County 30 miles north of Atlanta.
1:25.1	These are now trying to determine a motive and whether race played a role.
1:32.4	Last week a gunman in Georgia shot and killed eight people.
1:36.0	Seven of the eight killed were women, six were of Asian descent.
1:40.5	This mass shooting is just the latest in what has been a year of harassment and violence
1:44.7	against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
1:48.4	Too many Asian Americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking
1:54.3	up each morning, the past year failing their safety and the safety of their loved ones
1:59.7	are at stake.
2:00.8	These shootings are among some 3,800 acts of anti-Asian hate incidents reported since March
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