(Encore episode.) The coronavirus is all over the headlines these days. Accompanying those headlines? Suspicion and harassment of Asians and Asian Americans. Our colleague
Gene Demby, co-host of NPR's
Code Switch podcast, explains that this is part of a longer history in the United States of camouflaging xenophobia and racism as public health and hygiene concerns. We hear from historian Erika Lee, author of "America For Americans: A History Of Xenophobia In The United States."
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Check out Code Switch's full digital story and podcast episode.
And
here's a collection of NPR's coverage on the rise in violence against Asian Americans.
Erika Lee's book "
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States"
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