Battling Structural Racism Against Asians in the United States: Call for Public Health to Make the "Invisible" Visible.
Battling Structural Racism Against Asians in the United States: Call for Public Health to Make the "Invisible" Visible.
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与美国与亚洲人作战的结构性种族主义:呼吁公共卫生使“隐形”可见。
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10.1097/phh.0000000000001411
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2022-01-01
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Chin MH
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Muramatsu N;Chin MH
Shortly after the Atlanta shooting of Asians on March 26, 2021, we read an article in Time magazine that hit us emotionally. Titled “‘We Are Always Waiting Our Turn to Be Important.’A Love Letter to Asian Americans,” Lucy Feldman wrote “a piece that says the thing I would want to read. A piece that tells me, as an Asian-American person who has deferred and cared and tried so hard to help, that I am worthy of the same. That we are worthy. You are worthy.” 1 Constituting 7% of the US population, Asians constitute the fastest-growing racial group, 2-4 yet too often Asian Americans and Asians are invisible in America, including in public health practice, education, and policy. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing racism and discrimination against Asians. Some public officials scapegoated Asians with slurs that helped create an environment conducive to violence such as the Atlanta shooting. 5 In this article, we discuss what makes