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A Virus Of Hate: Anti-Asian Discrimination

Keteo Rajachack owns the Lao and Thai restaurant, Pho Ketkeo, in downtown New Haven. She poses at her storefront, where she and an employee had their cars vandalized in April.
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Keteo Rajachack owns the Lao and Thai restaurant, Pho Ketkeo, in downtown New Haven. She poses at her storefront, where she and an employee had their cars vandalized in April.

A Virus Of Hate: Anti-Asian Discrimination

Senior Editor Cassandra Basler explores the spike in attacks experienced by Asian-Americans during the pandemic, people blaming China for the spread of the coronavirus and the history of racist myths associating Asia with dangerous disease.
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