Jul 15, 2021
We're sharing the story “When
Your Country Doesn’t Trust You” from the podcast
WorldAffairs.
In
the past year, reports of anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked across
the country. A lot of this is attributed to anti-Asian rhetoric
about the pandemic. But the hard truth is that whenever tensions
escalate between the United States and Asian nations overseas,
Asian-Americans bear the brunt of that anger at home.
In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the homefront, which often escalates to anti-Asian rhetoric. Then, we hear the stories of two scientists, Wen Ho Lee and Xiaoxing Xi. Both were racially profiled by the FBI—and falsely accused of spying for the Chinese government.
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