Yellow Peril Redux: Vitalizing Pre-Existing Racial Conditions with a New Symbol

Autor/in	Adachi, Nobuko
Titel	Yellow Peril Redux: Vitalizing Pre-Existing Racial Conditions with a New Symbol
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Development Journal, 24 (2021) 2, S.29-51 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1526-8659
Schlagwörter	Racial Bias; Racial Discrimination; Violence; Asian Americans; COVID-19; Pandemics; Experience; Racial Attitudes; Stereotypes; Social Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Racial bias; Gewalt; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Erfahrung; Rassenfrage; Klischee; Social problem; Soziales Problem
Abstract	Racially-motivated verbal and physical assaults toward people of Asian descent in the UnitedStates have escalated substantially in the United States since 2020. However, authorities do notoften view these cases as racially-motivated. I argue that this is a continuation of a long historicaltrend in the United States due to a renewed kind of Yellow Peril fear. I look at the language andmetaphors used by politicians that has revitalized pre-existing discrimination towards the EastAsian Americans, both during the pandemic and previously, and examine how those in authorityhandled these cases. Dissemination of misinformation and false news stories concerning COVIDhas created a new Yellow Peril Redux using new symbolic vocabulary. This has reified, reinforced,and--indeed--legitimated increased prejudice and intolerance against an already marginalizedcommunity. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association. e-mail: info@caerda.org; Web site: https://www.viethconsulting.com/members/publication/new_waves_home.php
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01