Asian Americans face coronavirus 'double whammy': Skyrocketing unemployment and discrimination

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JUST IN: On top of the risks of contracting the deadly coronavirus, Asian Americans are facing skyrocketing unemployment and the prospect of being attacked or harassed because of COVID-19's suspected origins in China.

Peng called the impact of the rhetoric"terrible," saying he never thought the incident that he and his son experienced would happen"because I am a citizen."

Hai Shian Peng, center, and his staff pose for a group photo during an employee field trip in New York City before the coronavirus pandemic. Moreover, employers are “influenced by the same negative views that the labeling of this disease creates and facilitates,” Andre Perry, a fellow at the Brookings Institution whose research focuses on race and economic inclusion, told ABC News.

Lin said that business at his ramen shop, KyuRamen, and bubble tea stores started to drop in “the middle of February or the end of February” and it happened “a little bit by little bit.” Sales had fallen 10-20 % in February and by mid-March, business had already dropped by 70-80%, he said.

 

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That unfair response is a pathetic and 'unamerican ' reaction to our fellow neighbors

🙄

Наверно после испытаний они станут сильнее.

So 0.8% isn’t discrimination because you’re white but 0.5% is because you’re not white. Got it.

This is the dumbest headline I have read in quite a while.

BS

Asian can be Korean, Pakistani, Afgan, Israeli, Chinese or Japanese among others. I can't even imagine what the point of this information would be since it applies to over half of the people alive in the world today that may be in the US.

ABC. All your tweets are a joke. It’s like you’re letting a teenager run the show. Show yourself !

Not significantly different than the general population

They should take their grievances up with China ChinaLiedAndPeopleDied

Why do some keep wanting to make this racial It's so sickening.

From the article: “suspected origins in Wuhan, China.” Suspected? The Chinese gov’t has stated it started from Wuhan. So, ABC, what is your problem!?!?

I don’t see big different . It’s happening to All people .

Lame stream media trying to divide us by race again. If Asian unemployment was lower in 2019 it stands to reason unemployment would be higher during the pandemic because there were more working, .7% to be exact.

What about death?

How is it discrimination now but not in 2019?

Whites having 0.5% lower unemployment now is obviously discrimination, but Asians having 0.8% lower unemployment normally is fine

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imagine making a pandemic a race issue.

Oh, please stop. Unemployment is happening to everyone, regardless of race. It’s worse in states controlled by Democratic governors. More Asians happen to be in those states. Blame those governors. They also force nursing homes to take patients infected with the Wuhan virus.

this reminds me , need to go get some chin/takeout

Wuhan virus is so racist!

In 2019 were white people facing discrimination when .8% more Asians were employed? What kind of crap is this?!!

Black Americans: Hold my beer.

This is troubling. I don't wish any hardships against the Asian community. They are not to blame, why would they want the virus to happen if it meant more problems stacked against them? There won't be any discrimination coming from me.

yea-and you can blame the Republicans in this country for all of it VoteBlue2020

What do you get when you cross criminal gangs with non confrontational cultures? Bioterrorism? We need to discourage ghettofication and incestuous communities

This might be true... how do you phrase it so people want to rally around them? Maybe ...” Asian Americans want small business opened and the respect they deserve” I’m not a writer. Idk.

'...suspected origins...'? nytimes CBSNews NBCNews

Suspected origins? I think we know it started in China...🙄

Maybe many will rethink their voting allegiance to republicans

Are you still peddling the racist victim storyline?

It's like a single tweet can Upend decades of hard work

Stop trying to divide people. Every race / color / creed of people are facing skyrocketing unemployment, you clowns. There’s no justification for anyone attacking Asians or Asian Americans personally for this virus, but to deny that it literally started in Wuhan is insane.

'suspected origins' ... nah its been pretty well documented that it came directly from china...but nice try.

Did y’all b’s even read the articles before chiming in with your racist two cents

yall just making shit up these days i see

Everyone is suffering and we know the source was China. It's unfortunate that there are so many racist that attack people of Chinese descent living here. That doesn't change the fact that Covid-19 originated in China.

STOP TRYING TO INCITE RACIAL DIVISION, YOU LOSERS!!!!

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This is bullshit! FakeNews from FakeNewsMedia. The fact that the global COVID_19 pandemic originated in China by a criminally reckless and deceitful Chinese Communist government does NOT support the premise that ALL Asians should to be blamed.

I also face 'the prospect' of being attacked by a wild pack of boars today. Doesn't mean it's actually happening

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More of that fake news again. Reaching

Welcome to America.

They're treating Africans in China very terrible. Write an article about that.

It is a Chinese virus.

Liar

'Suspected' You're literally embarrassing. FakeNews

Where is this information coming from? My wife is Asian and hasn’t experience anything like this.

The origins aren’t “suspect”

Ultimately, the pro-lockdown overracting lunatics here in America are to blame for this.

ChinaLiedPeopleDied

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Team Trump is at it again.....

Thanks Trump!

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Black America no all too Well about This💯..No Big Deal...The Media made Every other immigrants hate Black America💯. With falsehood stereotypes😯..No Excuses😎

At least that is not expected from such a great country that follows human rights cent percent!! So sad...

Poor Asians! I know, let's vote for Joe Biden and all this bad stuff will go away...... KAG WalkAway

Its not suspected origin.... its a fact you fake a$$ media!

Racist opinion headline.. fixed it

Well they should not be attacked China 🇨🇳 is the one to be asked for the data compensations and much more ?

You can drop the word “suspected” for the headline

1. risk of contracting the virus - just like everyone else 2. skyrocketing unemployment - just like everyone else 3. being attacked/harassed because of COVID-19's suspected origins in China - it's not 'suspected,' it's from there, and they're not being attacked for it

They own America what's the big deal.

Oh, you mean like the New Black Panthers picketing a Chinese Restaurant in DC ? That sort of harassment?

The new norm in Trump shitty Merica.

Why don’t u report on how africans are treated in China

Time to get back to work no matter what skin color you are. Have a good day folks.

China communist brought us the virus, we’ll start there

Please direct your hatred to the CCP and their minions. China is just a land mass in Asia made up of land grabs from other cultures. Chinese don't represent the rest of Asians cultures.

Lol millions of Americans are facing Skyrocketing unemployment, Covid-19 did start in Communist China. To Our brother and sister Asian Americans, my apologies for people of little minds , attacking and harassing you.

Not surprised and it’s sad but hey you are now part of the club of picked on minorities under the Trump administration.

Do people think that white employees are immune from COVID-19? Also, not every Asian-American is of Chinese heritage. Leave the Jap-Am and the Kor-Am alone, dumbasses. You wait, you're probably too stupid point out China on a world map.

Hilarious 'deadly Chinese coronavirus '

too much generalization. I agree the WHO director-general is not capable of judging things objectively any more. But, we should consider some individual has nothing to do with covid19's origins. it's no use pointing out 'who' is the suspect. we should focus on 'what' caused this

Like I said before, I don’t feel bad for them. Black people have gone through it for centuries and Asians come here and treat us like thieves and second class citizens. Karma is a b****.

Why isn’t ABC covering the thousands of deaths caused in nursing homes in NY, NJ and Pennsylvania due to democrat governors’ executive orders?

well this will just slice through all the bullshit won't it. I don't buy this story. I just bought Chinese take out, it is the fastest, hottest food I get take out. It's not my favorite food. But, they perfected takeout before anyone else. People are home cooking, SMH

Don't care. They can rot for all I care

Liars.

PURE PROPAGANDA.

Wow abc you really are low it did originate from China are you being paid by the ccp

It's from China. If you want to support the Asian American community, stop funding illegals and they will thrive.

Dont beleive it

Why do some 'why' people feel so entitled? when from a historical standpoint they stole everything from every culture to build their culture, but somehow they hate everyone for not being them. Why people?

Lol suspected origins? The virus coming from China is more Catholic then then the pope. What a disgrace abc news has become

peddling more garbage...

Everybody is facing skyrocketing unemployment for the next while. 75% will get back to work

To the Americans, all East Asians look like Chinese.

This must be happening in liberal cities because not one Asian-American that I work with or have talked to has experienced any of this.

No one should attack it harass Asian Americans. They didn't cause the virus and they're suffering through it like everyone else. Also, 'suspected origins'. The origins are known not suspected. We can call out the Chinese govt without being insensitive to Chinese people.

The rest of Asia can’t be blamed. It’s the Chinks fault.

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So are white Americans

Way to play up the fear via 'The Prospect' rather than the reality. Perhaps if ABC focused on this not being an issue 'ASIANS' or even the Chinese People, but of a corrupt Chinese Communist party abusing the world things would be better. ABC is FakeNews

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All Americans are facing skyrocketing unemployment & those that are trying to get back to work run into the prospect of being attacked or harassed. ABC News, why are you trying to be divisive? Celebrities tell us that we’re all in this together.

Asian Americans? Like Russians, Kazakhs or Indians

No they don’t. Why do you try to act like Americans are ignorant and hateful? Does that really make you money? It’s just ridiculous

Spare me

Suspected? The media sucks.

Attacked & harassed? Wow.

It DID originate in China. Everyone knows it. I refuse to buy anything made in China now, where possible. I just wish I didn't love their food as much as I do.

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