COMP 1520 Wayne State University Racism and Coronavirus Paper

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In tandem with drafting your research essay, you will create an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a document that lists and explains sources for your argumentative research essay. Each source in the annotated bibliography includes an annotation, or a summary and explanation of the source. The list of sources will be in MLA format. You will write an annotation for each of your chosen sources that includes a 2-3 sentence summary of the main arguments/ideas communicated in the source. Then the annotation will explain how you intend to use the source in your essay. What point will it support? What material will you use from this source? Annotations are typically 4-5 sentences.

In case you are wondering, in order to create effective annotations, you must have read your sources. :-) Please be sure to set aside time to read the relevant articles that you find in your research.

Use the files below to complete the assignment, one of the files is the actual assignment and the other is the bibliography's i have created for the topic of the paper

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Running head: RACISM AND CORONAVIRUS Racism and Coronavirus Isaac Garmo Prof. Labadie 1 RACISM AND CORONAVIRUS 2 Shimizu, Kazuki. "2019-nCoV, fake news, and racism." The Lancet 395.10225 (2020): 685-686. The fake broadcast has resulted in xenophobia about Chinese visitors and patients. On 24th January 2020, misrepresentation spread that "Chinese travelers coming from Wuhan who had fever slithered past the quarantine at the International Airport of Kansai" were dispersed through numerous social media stations. Even though Kansai International Airport denied the detail straight away, discrimination against people from China has spread widely in Japan. #ChineseDon'tComeToJapan is the thing on Twitter, and Chinese invitees are being tagged as unclean, insensitive, as well as bio-terrorists. Wen, Jun, et al. "Effects of misleading media coverage on public health crisis: A case of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China." Anatolia (2020): 1-6. The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has flickered a global pandemic. On 31st January 2020, the World Health Organization has declared Covid-19 a community health disaster of worldwide concern. This calamity has enticed intense mass media attention. Lately, some broadcasting vents inappropriately branded the covid-19 by race, using headlines such as "Chinese virus" and even signifying "China kids stay home." The misleading and biased attention obtainable via Western broadcasting channels has provoked antagonism round the Chinese public and has caused undue pressure upon Chinese people not living in China. Sohrabi, Catrin, et al. "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)." International Journal of Surgery (2020). RACISM AND CORONAVIRUS 3 It was dated 30th January 2020, when WHO professed that the coronavirus Chinese epidemic as a global Health disaster of International distress posturing high threat to nations with susceptible healthcare systems. The emergency commission has detailed that the extent of its spread can be interjected by early discovery, isolation, rapid treatment, and the application of a robust system for tracking contacts. Other premeditated objectives are resources of establishing scientific severity, the degree of transmission, and improving treatment options. Asmundson, Gordon JG, and Steven Taylor. "Coronaphobia: Fear and the 2019-nCoV outbreak." Journal of anxiety disorders 70 (2020): 102196. The occurrence of coronavirus has conquered headlines all over the world. This is a pandemic that will surprisingly hit the word. It is a new virus, spreading rapidly and with a death rate of 2% and increasing during the time of lettering this editorial. There are several uncertainties regarding their roots, nature, and progress. The number of covid-19 infections is continually rising, the same as the number of deaths. Devakumar, Delan, et al. "Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses." The Lancet (2020). Epidemics create terror, and fear is the main element for xenophobia and racism to thrive. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed social and administrative ruptures within societies, with racialism and biased replies to fear, excessively affecting relegated groups. During the course of history, infectious illnesses have been related to other causes. Subsequent spreading of Coronavirus from Wuhan, China, discernment amidst Chinese people has rapidly increased. This includes acts of individual hostility or brutality, to cooperative forms, such as Chinese individuals being restricted from establishments RACISM AND CORONAVIRUS 4 References Shimizu, Kazuki. "2019-nCoV, fake news, and racism." The Lancet 395.10225 (2020): 685-686 Wen, Jun, et al. "Effects of misleading media coverage on public health crisis: A case of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in China." Anatolia (2020): 1-6. Sohrabi, Catrin, et al. "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)." International Journal of Surgery (2020). Asmundson, Gordon JG, and Steven Taylor. "Coronaphobia: Fear and the 2019-nCoV outbreak." Journal of anxiety disorders 70 (2020): 102196. Devakumar, Delan, et al. "Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses." The Lancet (2020).
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Racism and Coronavirus

As coronavirus continues to spread and manifest itself as a global threat, so does racism.
It is very disappointing to see traits of racism in the 21st century. Everything in the world has
evolved and taken a new shape, but the big question is why does racism still haunt communities
across the world? Coronavirus originated from Wuhan, China, late last year and has infected
nearly 2.5 million and killed approximately 150,000 (Ng, 2020). The Asian states, however, have
managed to straighten its curve of the spread of the disease through enacting effective measures
against social gatherings even as virus persistently spread in other parts of the world. China, one
of the world's most robust economy, that have seen African nations as a great source of raw
materials and potential market for their manufactured goods, has triggered all stops to prevent
importation of new virus cases. This essay focuses on presenting the prevalence of racial
discrimination with the spread of coronavirus.
Instead of figuring out how to combat coronavirus, some individuals are busy trying to
practice racism on basis of the origin of the virus. For instance, in case a black tests positive to
the virus, others are discriminated against as they are generalized as the spreaders. Furthermore,
since the infection started in china, some individuals are discriminating Chinese, indicating that
they are the cause of the virus (Devakumar et al., 2020). The practice of racism is evident from
citizens to leaders who are supposed to be a good example to others. Those who are
discriminating against others are forgetting that the virus is not choosing individuals by the color
of their skin or their origin. Still, it is infecting every person provided they are in contact with an
infected person. The level of racism is increasing drastically during this hard time as the world is
trying to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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As indicated by Dyer (2020), some leaders are busy practicing racism in public, which is
showing the way the world is rotten and how people do not care about how others feel. Since the
Wuhan announced its first case and the Chinese president started to establish different ways of
fighting the virus, President Trump has been referring to it as Covid-19 or coronavirus. In the
same instances, he has been congratulating China for their effort to contain the virus. For several
months President Trump used the term Coronavirus, but in early March, the song changed to the
Wuhan virus or Chinese virus (Asmundson & Taylor, 2020). The use of these two terms shows
that President Trump is racializing the pandemic. Although the virus emanated from China and
Wuhan for that matter, it is not right how he has been referring to it. This is because it is creating
a picture to the public that all Chinese nationals are suffering from the virus. Again, this aspect
can stigmatize individuals from this region as they will feel outcasted even if they are not
suffering from it. They can also start to doubt that they are suffering from the virus, or they think
that the whole region is infected.
Additionally, according to Wen et al. (2010), the media was spreading racism across the
world. This is evident when Coronavirus was referred to as Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia
(NCP), and the press was referring to it as Chinese virus pandemonium. This was inappropriate
as they were referring to the virus using the name of a certain race. After the Chinese started to
introduce lockdown and closing some companies and institutions, some media houses were using
inappropriate heading in their news like "China kids stay home" and "China is the real sick man
of Asia" (Sohrabi et al., 2020). These titles were misinterpreted by most individuals who had a
chance to see them, and they increased racial segregation on Chinese descent who live away
from the mainland of China. The same study indicates that racial discrimination against Chinese
nationals affects their mental health, especially those living overseas. The discriminated persons

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commonly suffer from stress, depression and other related disorders.The major cause of mental
health among segregated individuals is isolation and inhume treatment. Some business are not
serving individuals from Asia withn the fear that they might get infected. At the same time, Asia
business are experiencing low levels of customers as most indiduals believe that the Asians are
infected and might transmit to them.
According to Wen et al. (2020), after WHO announced a deadly virus affecting China,
some individuals started to discriminated against Chinese nationals. Different individuals all over
the world feared to interact with Chinese nationals even if they have not traveled to China for
some time. This resulted in racial discrimination as some stereotyped them by indicating that
they should not come near them as they might transmit the virus. For instance, in the United
state, before the virus became a pandemic, the rumors were all over that Chinese nationals are
suffering from a deadly virus. Therefore, children in the middle class began to shout to their
Asian colleagues that they are infected with Coronavirus, and they should be quarantined. The
information spread like a bush fire to higher education where college and university students all
over the United States stated to avoid their Asian classmates for no other reason but because
Coronavirus emanated from the home country. Some could even tell them to their faces that they
have Coronavirus and theynshould not mix with others. The situation continued until when the
learning schools were closed, and one on one interaction was not available. At the same time,
some learning institutions were and are still requesting Chinese learners not to attend classes.
As reported by Mutambo (2020), a recent video that went viral showed Blacks being
thrown out of the houses they have rented in China and being damned outside mercilessly. This
issue attracted many concerns, and the United Nations, through its secretary-general, summoned
the China Government for that hilarious act. Also, a group of diplomats penned down on paper to

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summon and protest Beijing, opposing to the mistreatment that went viral in social media clips.
China considered enforcing compulsory coronavirus tests in most of its areas, especially in
Guangdong City. However, the implementation of this order has resulted in blacks being evicted
from their homes and denied essential services such as healthcare services, supermarkets,
restaurants, and to some extent, they are assaulted. A.U also condemned the incidence. A.U
Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki stated that as a commission they are very disappointed
with the racial segregation of Africans and demanded for immediate action. Faki also talked with
Chinese ambassador to the African Union, Liu Yuxi, and together pushed China on the issue. The
U.S. government also condemned the mistreatment of African-American people in China, even
as Beijing denied the accusation of racial segregation firmly.
Social media clips emerged of Africans mistreated and others beaten on the streets
presumably because they failed to meet the outlined conditions to fight the spread of the virus.
Although they repudiated charges of racial discrimination, China has claimed that it will not
concede in the prevention of the virus. In fact, the Chinese government maintained that they will
not spare any suspected individuals and it is a must they undergo mandatory quarantine.
Contrary to the bilateral approaches to deal with such issues, Africans seemed to have one stand,
and Chinese response betrayed the relevance of the issue. Various African countries deliberated
whether to find ways to rescue their people in China, though they saw the endeavor very tricky.
Wu Peng, the Chinese ambassador to Kenya disowned the accusation when he received Kenya's
displeasure over the issue. Statements released by various countries across the world have a
common theme that no excuse can rationalize prejudice and discrimination. As a measure to fight
against the deadly disease, China has started to issue foreign special medical cards showing their

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status in regard to coronavirus. This card is used for admission into most of the public areas such
as markets and hotels.
China claims that their strict measures are not meant to target specific group of people but
applies to all people living in China. By the end of last week, China had reported more than 83,
500 cases of the virus since it declared its presence in last year December. Official release shows
more than 78,000 individuals have recovered while about 4,000 people have lost their lives.
China is deploying a controversial testing strategy known as nucleic acid test (NAT). This
method has the ability to detect other genetic substances of micro-organism in blood. According
to various researchers and medics, this test is effective in detecting the illness in its early stages,
but it can provide information beyond Coronavirus status by showing blood count among other
potential infections such as Hepatitis B and HIV.
Worse still, the Chinese are demanding that house owners let their premises to foreigners
with special medical cards that show their virus status. As a foreigner, getting these cards is not a
simple task as they are obtained through mandatory quarantine for fourteen days at their own
costs (Mutambo, 2020). After the quarantine, one is needed to undergo for four successive tests.
Moreover, the issue of discrimination may have forced not only Africans but other countries as
well to dwell on themselves in the manufacturing of essential items such as masks and sanitizers.
Previously, these countries relied on China to produce such items for them, but following the
faded relationship, importation from China is no more possible (Mutambo, 2020). Chinese must
be cautious about how they are treating people of color because their acts may break their longestablished relationship and dwindle Africans’ confidence on FOCAC (the Forum on ChinaAfrica Co-operation, a tri-annual conference) and abate China's social image on not only Africa
but on other continents as well.

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Admittedly, the issue of racism is twofold; Chinese discriminate black people and black
people reiterate with the same strategy. The prevalent spread of the virus has evoked panic as
well as frightening sentiments and conclusions toward Chinese individuals across the globe. For
instance, in Hong Kong, a place where Chinese population is very high, Chinese are prejudiced
and denied essential services. This can be evident from sentiments by one hotel in Hong Kong
known as Kwong Wing (Rich, 2020). On their Facebook page, the hotel indicated that they will
only serve Cantonese or English speaking customers but not Mandarin-speaking clients as a
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