It sucks that I've told my mom to no longer go out for her after-lunch walks at work with her co-workers in Chinatown, fearing that she'll be attacked for being Chinese.
It sucks that my 70-year old Dad brushes off the same pleads and warnings to him to be careful when going out for his walks, because he is insistent that it won't happen to him.
It sucks that Asian people are being spit on, punched, pushed and attacked because they've been demonized as a group thanks to irresponsible messaging.
And it sucks for me that what seems like a minor ask - to stop using the terms China flu or Wuhan virus to hopefully reduce the hate - is met with so much resistance.
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