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The Hardest Hit: Asian-American and Pacific Islander People & the Fight Against COVID19

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Date:
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Health Care Voter
Location Details:
Facebook livestream

The Hardest Hit: Asian-American and Pacific Islander People & the Fight Against Coronavirus

Join us live on Facebook for a digital town hall focusing on Asian-Americans
and Pacific Islander Americans (A/PIA) and the fight against coronavirus.

When: Tuesday, May 14, 2020 at noon - 1 PM PT (3 PM – 4 PM ET)

Where: Livestream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/healthcarevoter

Host: Health Care Voter https://healthcarevoter.org/
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Asian-American and Pacific Islander People, Health Care Justice, and COVID-19

Through the continuation of the Our Lives On The Line series, Health Care Voter is shining a light on the experience of some of the people hardest hit by this pandemic.

A/PIA people in the U.S. are being attacked from all sides by the coronavirus. Right now, A/PIA people are facing vicious racist attacks encouraged by the President’s rhetoric, skyrocketing unemployment, and declining business.

Join us as we hear from advocates, experts, and some of our elected officials about the disproportionate challenges threatening A/PIA people during this pandemic, and what all of us must do to hold the Trump administration accountable for putting profits and politics ahead of A/PIA people’s lives.

Text “OnTheLine” to 5-2-8-8-6 to get a text when this live-stream starts and go to https://healthcarevoter.org/ourlivesontheline/ to learn about other town halls in this series.

Have a question for this town hall? Record a quick video — you might see it on the livestream: bit.ly/asktownhallquestion
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To watch the prior town halls of "The Hardest Hit" series, as well as other previous health care town hall discussions hosted by Health Care Voter go to

https://www.facebook.com/pg/healthcarevoter/videos/
Added to the calendar on Thu, May 7, 2020 6:07PM

Comments (Hide Comments)
COMMON DREAMS

Aritlce title: COVID-19 and Trump's Racist Rhetoric

"Trump has defended his use of the term “Chinese virus” by comparing it to pandemics with “place names,” like the “Spanish flu.” Putting aside that the “Spanish flu” originated in the United States, the larger problems is that by employing such language, Trump and his nativist advisers are exploiting a health crisis for xenophobic ends."

For the full article, go to: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/19/covid-19-and-trumps-racist-rhetoric

by CENTER for PUBLIC INTEGRITY
CENTER for PUBLIC INTEGRITY

Article title: Federal Agencies Doing Little About the Rise in Anti-Asian Hate

"Researchers are reporting an alarming surge in anti-Asian racism related to COVID-19 that started more than two months ago. From Koreatown in Los Angeles to Greenwich Village in New York City, Asians have been harassed, pushed, spit upon and attacked under the false assumption that they are to blame for the deadly coronavirus."

For the full article, go to: https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/federal-agencies-are-doing-little-about-the-rise-in-anti-asian-hate/
COMMON DREAMS

Article title: 'Why Me, Specifically?' Says Asian-American Reporter After Trump Tells Her to 'Ask China' About Testing (Monday, May 11, 2020)

"Trump told CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang to 'ask China' about testing after Jiang asked if a focus on which country was doing more testing was inappropriate at a time when thousands of Americans are dying of the disease."

Jiang was born in China, but raised in West Virginia.

For the full article, go to: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/11/why-me-specifically-says-asian-american-reporter-after-trump-tells-her-ask-china
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