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Kavita Rai keeps her cool in Quarantine
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Quarantine is a relatively new way of life for most people. Due to COVID-19, many have had to find new ways to work, exercise and socialize, all while staying physically distant. For Kavita Rai, this lifestyle is nothing new, as she has had to practice self-isolation for several months prior to COVID-19. Rai found…
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The government needs to do more to help unemployed
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With the closure of nonessential businesses in over 30 states to prevent the spread of COVID-19, upwards of 6.6 million Americans have been forced to file for unemployment in just the last month alone. In an effort to compensate for this drastic increase in unemployment, the House of Representatives passed a coronavirus relief bill…
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There is no such thing as Trump’s “Chinese Virus”
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On Thursday, March 19, President Donald Trump referred to the coronavirus, medically classified as COVID-19, as the “China virus” for the first time of many. Despite facing major backlash from the Asian American community for his blatant xenophobia, Trump has continually defended the usage of this term, encouraging stigmatizing and racially targeted verbal abuse…
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Stop using Coronavirus as an excuse to be racist
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Regardless of how much you know about the Coronavirus crisis, you know it exists. From there, the ignorance and miseducation surrounding it ranges from simple misunderstandings to the exaggeration of Coronavirus’ severity. The Coronavirus is not a tool of justification for your shameless racializing. Whether manifested in your racist jokes disguised as “dark humor,”…