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Anti-Asian racism, xenophobia and Asian American health during Covid-19

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ID20083260
AuthorsA J Yellow Horse (0000-0001-8253-7968, corresponding author)
Year2021
Pages195-206
Publication date2021-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCOVID-19 Crisis (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781003111344-21
OpenAlexW3135759562
ISBN9781003111344
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

As COVID-19 crisis emerged in the USA, anti-Asian racism and xenophobic rhetoric, as well as reports of hate incidents against Asian Americans, began to rise. Understanding how such a rapid increase in racist and xenophobic incidences may affect Asian Americans’ physical, mental and social health is important, as racism and xenophobia are fundamental causes of inequalities in health in general and for Asian Americans in particular. Furthermore, this understanding is critical for reducing and eliminating the barriers for Asian Americans seeking medical help during the coronavirus pandemic, which is important not only for Asian Americans’ health, but for the total US population. Thus far, research on the health implications of the social, cultural and political dimensions of the coronavirus pandemic on Asian Americans are limited, due to the conceptual and methodological challenges in studying health and health disparities among Asian Americans. Drawing from histories of structural racism against Asian Americans through exclusionary immigration policies, and post-1965 racial policies that contributed to the emergence of Asian American stereotypes as a ‘model minority’ and perpetual foreigners, this chapter discusses the sociohistorical contexts in which Asian Americans have been invisible in sociology of health research. It discusses the importance of examining the roles of racism and xenophobia on Asian American’s health in a broader contexts of the parallel pandemics of COVID-19 and racism; and provides suggestions for future research and policy advocacy

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Asian americans · Criminology · Ethnic group · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Xenophobia · History · Law · Medicine · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Internal Medicine · Virology

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year2,25
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
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Citation typesNeutral: 9
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