{"id":99336,"date":"2020-05-09T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=99336"},"modified":"2020-05-09T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T19:45:00","slug":"chinese-virus-hate-speech-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=99336","title":{"rendered":"“Chinese Virus” Hate Speech in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evidence points to China as the origin for the new coronavirus. Chinese Communist Party propaganda is attempting to pin the blame on others. (New Scientist)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio passes a resolution labeling “Chinese Virus” as hate speech. One justification for this is the victimization of Chinese Americans and their property. Asian Americans have also been attacked.<\/p>\n

According to the article, Asian Americans are being profiled as disease carriers. In one week in March, for example, 650 racist attacks against Asian-Americans were reported.<\/p>\n

From the Daily Mail:<\/span><\/p>\n

The term Chinese virus has been labelled hate speech by San Antonio’s city council.<\/p>\n

Mayor Ron Nirenberg, who put forward the now-passed resolution, blamed the use of the terms Chinese virus and Kung Fu virus for a rise in hate speech during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The Texas city will now ask its citizens to ‘report any such antisemitic, discriminatory or racist incidents to the proper authorities for investigation’, according to San Antonio’s WOAI-TV.<\/p>\n

US senator Ted Cruz blasted the decision as ‘nuts’. He added that the council were acting like ‘a lefty college faculty lounge’.<\/p>\n

In a tweet on Thursday he wrote: ‘This is NUTS. SA City Council behaving like a lefty college faculty lounge, triggered by Chick-fil-A & the words “Wuhan virus”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Mail has the rest of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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