Author(s)

Yuchu Xie, Qianyu Zhang

Corresponding Author

Qianyu Zhang

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on how COVID-19 intensifies racial crises and explores the changing forms of racism. Racist issues have been alleviated in many countries. However, some deep-rooted ideas are implicated in the racial crisis and struck by the pandemic again. The Coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China, in 2019, and since then, the Asian community was facing mass discrimination. Some unscrupulous media and even President Trump stigmatized the Coronavirus as the “China Virus” in order to divert attention from the virus itself. Meanwhile, the black community was also suffering and striving for humane treatment. The form of racial discrimination became more violent, and George Floyd's death brought it to a climax. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to find out the role in which racism played during the pandemic and how pandemic intensifies racist behaviors and thoughts. The findings indicated that people's fear led to rampant racial discrimination. Especially this particular time, the battle shouldn’t be human against human, but human against the virus, and it is important to ease the intensity of connecting disease with racial minorities. With today's global promotion of multicultural development, there is inevitably mutual cooperation and exchange between different races. Cultural inclusiveness and diversity are also discussed in the article.

KEYWORDS

Racism, pandemic, stigmatization, Black community, Chinese