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Vol. 128, Issue 16 HEALTH & WELLNESS
Everyone can play a role in suicide prevention PAGE 5
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Melgoza goes off Senior scores 35 and passes 1,500 mark against Cal PAGE 6
Renaissance or downfall? Hardwick’s plans to close after 90 years amid U-District development Pg. 2
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U-District renaissance or downfall? The U-District as we know it is changing and changing fast
By Timothy Phung The Daily At the end of a tight aisle of hammers and painting tools is a dimly lit backroom where you can find Dean Hardwick, the fourth-generation owner of Hardwick & Sons at the corner of Roosevelt and 42nd. Opened in 1932, Hardwick’s has been a U-District institution for almost 90 years, selling almost anything you can imagine a hardware store should carry, and more. “For some oddball things, the big box store will send people down to us,” Hardwick said. Though they sometimes do get customers from The Home Depot, that doesn’t mean that business is booming. “In the last two years, I’ve had to support [the business] out of my own pocket, so it’s been negative,” Hardwick said. “I’ve been working for negative $4 an hour.” In recent years, the U-District has seen the closure of small business after small business, notably Sureshot Espresso, University Seafood & Poultry, and Pho Tran, alongside new developments, such as the coming light rail station and a 24-story high-rise in the same block as Safeway, which may soon close to make way for even more development. “There is a fear of displacement with all of the rapid change and growth,” Daniel Lokic, economic development manager for the U District Partnership (UDP), said. “A lot of the business owners I’ve talked to are excited
about this new growth because it gives opportunities for new customers.” In addition to more people coming through the U-District by way of the Link, six new residential towers planned for the area will also attract more people to live, work, and play in the neighborhood. Lois Ko, UDP board secretary and owner of Sweet Alchemy Ice Creamery, located right next to one of the future entrances of the new Link station, is excited to see more foot traffic with the station’s opening in 2021 and more people moving into the new residential high-rises. “It’s hard to survive on the Ave because of the influx and outflux of our community,” Ko said, referring to the decrease in UW students during the summertime to support area businesses. “Once we have more people who are actually living here, I am hoping that this drastic swarm of all the students leaving will kind of level out so that [businesses] can survive better.” Many U-District business owners welcome incoming changes in the area, recognizing it as a way to expand their customer base. Some, however, have expressed concern about the fast pace of change coming to the area and the way the city of Seattle is changing the zoning in the area to allow for taller buildings. Chris Peterson, owner of Cafe Allegro, and Rick McLaughlin, leader of the U District Small Business Association and owner
of Big Time Brewery, look at the coming changes with skepticism, afraid that the city’s actions are coming too fast without taking time to see the impact it has on small businesses. “The level of upzoning here is greater than any other place in the city,” Peterson said. “Why go further until we see the initial result of that upzone? Let’s build it out and see what that looks like before we go ahead and do another round of it.” Rezoning property does not only mean that taller buildings are allowed to be built on that land but also reevaluates the property value and thus makes property taxes increase, oftentimes at the expense of the current tenants who have contracts that make them responsible for those taxes. “Upzoning and changes in the area should be done in a way that respects the community and culture,” McLaughlin said. “Economic development should not come at the expense of people who have been here for a long time. Imagine paying for 24 invisible stories above you as a smallbusiness owner.” Priced out of their space and unable to come to a deal with their landlords, businesses are then forced to shut down and restart their livelihoods. To the dismay of Hardwick, the property his store sits on was sold for $17.2 million according to King County records. Unable to keep up with property taxes
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University Seafood & Poultry closed its doors in December 2019 after 75 years of service and now sits empty on the corner of 47th and Brooklyn. and changes in consumer buying habits, he was forced to sell his beloved second home, a place he had hoped to pass onto his children and grandchildren. Hardwick was keen to share his family’s history in the area and how the store was shaped by his belief in fairness as well as his passion for art. “The store you see now was a 40-year effort on my part and my brothers,” Hardwick said. “It is an expression of our artistic ability, but will all be gone by the end of the summer. All that hard effort will be going to the dump.” Closing this coming summer,
the Hardwick family plans to leave Seattle for Post Falls, Idaho, where they will start their business all over again. They are currently building another store with most of the proceeds of the sale. Despite being forced out of his longtime location, Hardwick seems to have come to terms with the sale. “It’s not worth getting all too mad about because there is so much more to life,” he said. Reach reporter Timothy Phung at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @TimPhung
Emery Edwards The Daily Dean Hardwick, owner of Hardwick & Sons on Roosevelt Way, has supplied the community with a unique array of hardware for many years and is now preparing to permanently close after 88 years of service.
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Hardwick & Sons is a hardware shop that has adorned Roosevelt Way since 1932, offering a large selection of parts and tools that range from general to specialized uses.
SCIENCE The Wuhan coronavirus does not present much threat to Washington or US
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By Lilli Trompke The Daily In the past weeks, the Wuhan coronavirus, a new form of coronavirus, has been an increasingly apparent component of news, social media, and daily conversations. People across the United States and the globe are worrying about the new epidemic of the unknown, foreign virus. But how much of a threat to us is it, really? While the Wuhan virus has been a serious issue in regions of China, it actually barely offers cause of concern to people living in the United States. As of Sunday, there have only been eight confirmed cases of the virus in the United States, only one of them being in Washington. As it turns out, even the common flu seems to be a much bigger threat to us. “Flu is known to lead to illness and occasionally death among vulnerable populations, like people who are going to compromise elders and babies and small children,” Patricia Atwater, director of health promotion at the Hall Health Center, said. “We do not have a single confirmed case in the UW community of coronavirus by comparison.” The coronavirus is a family of viruses, and as of now, only seven coronaviruses are known to have infected humans. Most forms of the coronavirus are known to cause the common cold and don’t usually present a great threat to humans. The Wuhan virus, however, is one of three
Abigail Dahl @abigailgracedahl known zoonotic coronaviruses, meaning it originated from animals. It appears to be more dangerous and has already lead to serious infections and death. Until December 2019, this specific form of the coronavirus had been unheard of. The symptoms that have been observed with the Wuhan virus are fever, respiratory issues, and a cough, which in some cases can progress into more serious pneumonia. As of now, there is no treatment for the virus beyond supportive care, but there have already been some cases of complete recovery. “We would expect if you don’t get pneumonia or infected that your recovery would be complete, but it still is very
early,” John Lynch, associate professor of medicine at the UW, said. “I would say we’re only truly a week and a half into understanding anything.” There is a lot to take into account when looking at the numbers of infections and deaths. Most of the people who have died of this virus were over the age of 60 and had preexisting lung or heart disease, poorly-controlled diabetes, or other issues that weakened their bodies and made it much more difficult to fight off pneumonia. “You can see how that can be much harder for someone like that versus a healthy adult who gets pneumonia,” Lynch said. “Your body’s just able to withstand the stress of it more.”
Another important factor to remember is that, as of now, the Wuhan virus is not presenting any signs of spreading in the United States, and there has also been no confirmed case associated with the UW community. “I think that there’s a sense among students that coronavirus is spreading more quickly in the United States than it is, that it is more prevalent in our community than we know it to be,” Atwater said. Still, it is always good to protect yourself and others from any viruses, flu and coronavirus alike. The most important and effective way to do so is to frequently wash your hands for at least 20 seconds using soap,
or, if no water is available, to use hand sanitizer. A common misconception of effective protection is wearing a mask. While it is useful to protect others from your germs when you are sick, no studies have been able to prove that it will protect you from others’ germs. Additionally, if someone feels like they show any symptoms of the virus, it is important to stay home. “Students who, and other community members who are sick should be staying home and away from the public,” Atwater said. “And that’s the best practice for flu. That’s the best practice for any kind of upper respiratory illness.” If there is any concern of someone being possibly infected — if they show symptoms or if they have been in contact with anyone infected with the Wuhan virus — there are many resources available to seek help. If you are meaning to visit your primary healthcare provider, make sure to call in ahead of time in order for them to be able to prepare for your visit and make sure no other patients will be infected. For UW students, Hall Health Center is a great resource and for later hours or weekend visits, Ravenna Clinic, an urgent care facility associated with UW Medicine. is located near University Village and is open during evenings and on weekends. Reach reporter Lilli Trompke at science@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @LilliTrompke
Marine heat waves are causing a ‘wreck’ Researchers blame rise in ocean temperatures for massive bird die-offs By Karina Patel Contributing writer With the ability to dive upward of two football fields below the ocean’s surface to forage, common murres are a force to be reckoned with. That is why, when 1 million of the penguin-like birds died in 2015 and 2016, scientists began looking for answers. New research by scientists from several institutions including the UW blames an unexpected food pattern interruption caused by a long-lasting marine heat wave called “the blob.” The findings were published Jan. 15 in the journal PLOS ONE. “My role was to lead one of the citizen science organizations that contributed long-term baseline data, as well as data collected during the die-off,” professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, associate dean of the College of the Environment, and co-author of the article Julia Parrish said. “That organization is the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team.” The study analyzed murre die-off in terms of spatial extent, duration, absolute numbers, and magnitude of deposition on beaches relative to expected amounts. Researchers found that the combination of fewer foraging fish for the murres to feast on and increased
Greta Enloe @frickoffgreg competition from other fish predators like Pacific cod led to mass mortality events due to starvation. “A persistently warmer ocean led to a shift in which lower trophic species dominated, culminating in different types of forage fish,” Parrish said. “This meant the murres ran out of food.” And to make it worse for the murres, warmer waters speed up the metabolisms of other predatory fish like Pacific cod and pollock, leading to an unbalanced supplydemand ratio. “When big predatory fish get warmer, their metabolism increases and they need to eat more,” she said. “So these fish became more serious competitors with the murres for access to the forage fish.” The heat wave also reduced the nutrition available from zooplankton
since it stunted their growth. Many of the birds that died were of breeding age, and the study’s authors found that the shift in food availability reduced the murres’ ability to reproduce during and after the heat wave. “It suggests that young-of-the-year were scarce, which we know was true because so many colonies failed to produce chicks,” Parrish said. “The second thing it suggests is that the environment really was quite different, and less hospitable, for murres in general. This is because adults usually have a pretty high annual survival rate, but not in 2015-16.” According to the National Park Service, seabirds are excellent indicators of ocean ecosystem health, but over five years of mass mortality events are pointing to “significant changes in marine
ecosystems.” Scientists are continuing to research ocean ecosystems, but Parrish emphasized that without public involvement in science, research of this sort would not be possible. In the case of the murre die-off event, citizens from Alaska to California searched beaches for bird carcasses and helped scientists collecting data. The official term for a massive bird die-off is a “wreck,” and Parrish said that the term is “gruesomely accurate.” “Like a shipwreck covers a beach with debris, a wreck of birds literally means that the beach is covered with bodies,” she said. Reach contributing writer Karina Patel at science@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @karinappatel
ARTS & LEISURE
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The Campus Sketcher
The buildings, they are a-changin’
Gentrification and architecture in Seattle
Written and illustrated by Elijah Pasco Look at Seattle over the last 10 years, or even the last three; the amount of development that has changed this city is astounding. If you walk through the neighborhoods of South Lake Union or even the U-District, you can see that not only are the aesthetics of these places changing, but also the people, communities, and lifestyles. This weekend, I walked from Cascade through South Lake Union. Cascade, a neighborhood just adjacent to South Lake Union, is historically known for being a residential and industrial district, and South Lake Union a warehouse and manufacturing district. Nowadays, South Lake Union is the playground of Amazon, Google, and Paul Allen, who took over development begin-
ning in the early 2000s. I spoke with UW urban design and planning associate professor Manish Chalana to learn more about the workings of gentrification, its effects on communities and neighborhoods, and how it impacts the development of cities. Chalana defined gentrification as “when the ‘gentry,’ or the ‘upper classes’ move into a neighborhood.” Most often this occurs in “neighborhoods that have seen some decades of neglect.” This neglect is due to “white flight” or “white exodus,” which are terms used to describe the phenomenon that took place post-WWII when white people left areas of cities that were becoming more ethnically diverse in favor of suburban neighborhoods. These suburban neighborhoods were advertised as the
pinnacle of domesticity and the American ideal. “A working dad, a stay-at-home mom, and a car” were all part of the picture. Meanwhile, minority groups living in the city suffered from neglect on the part of the city because of the affluence the white people that left took with them. In a market-driven economy and society, developers don’t invest in these lower-income neighborhoods because there is no money to be made. “All these neighborhoods that are in the city experience some neglect because the city cannot generate the revenue to maintain it,” Chalana said. “One could argue that the city doesn’t care about these neighborhoods.”
This changed in the 1980s and 90s when living in the city became more appealing. “What you’re seeing now in Seattle and in other magnet cities is what we call in urban planning, as the decade of ‘reurbanization’ or the ‘back to the city movement,’” Chalana said. This is a sort of “reverse white flight” when white people left the suburbs and began moving back to cities to live in closer proximity to their work. With this comes restaurants, retail businesses, developers, and centers of employment looking to make money off of this class of people. I started by walking through Cascade. My first sketch is of St. Spiridon Cathedral, a Russian
Orthodox church that dates back to the late 1800s. As I was sketching, it was interesting to see was the glass and steel, multi-story, high-rise buildings all around the church. Modern apartment buildings, high-end gyms, bars, coffee shops, and eateries stretched as far as the eye could see. The lot across the street was a hole in the ground. A crane and concrete truck were most likely beginning the foundation of a new apartment complex with commercial space on the ground floor. READ MORE AT dailyuw.com
From glamour to controversy
Scarecrow Video presents the history and legacy of the Academy Awards By Ellen Cooper The Daily Since 1929, the Oscars have changed drastically in grandeur and in intent. And since 2016, we have witnessed movement after movement, politically charged and incredibly pertinent. On Friday night, film historian and friend of Scarecrow Video, the iconic and eclectic video rental store, Lance Rhoades presented his annual Oscar preview at Scarecrow Video. In the tiny screening room hidden by a blue velvet curtain, 14 people gathered for the free event. Rhoades began with a brief history of the Academy, explaining that it was created to promote a positive image of the film industry and unite labor unions in an affordable and accessible setting. However, the first ceremony was a bit different than those today. Instead, the event lasted about 15 minutes and was broadcasted on public radio. The awards had previously been posted in the newspaper, and the attendees had to pay for their own dinners. There were no surprises, and hardly any of the glitz and glamor of red carpet
coverage and celebrity fashion shows. Why don’t we recap the last four Academy Awards? 2016 — #OscarsSoWhite The year of “Spotlight,” “The Revenant,” and Leo DiCaprio’s first win. The year April Reign, writer and media presence, tweeted “#OscarsSoWhite, they asked to touch my hair.” The first year that the Academy was widely questioned about its lack of diversity. 2017 — Best Picture Mixup The time the Oscars somehow dropped the ball on the last category of the entire ceremony, robbing “Moonlight” of its big moment. 2018 — #MeToo / Time’s Up Following Harvey Weinstein, Casey Affleck, Mel Gibson, Bill Cosby, Kevin Spacey, I can go on. When Hollywood finally addressed the movement that has yet to fizzle out, completely changing the game and facing male privilege head-on. 2019 — No Host When the Oscars went on without a host after Kevin Hart was outed for posting homophobic tweets and stepped down due to backlash. So, with so much change
and buzz surrounding the show in recent years, what can we expect from the 92nd Academy Awards? Rhoades discussed the 2020 nominations in the context of the Academy’s usual behaviors, touching on the “Best Actress Formula” and the bias toward previously-snubbed big-name filmmakers. Rather than basing the awards on excellence and originality, he explained that the Oscars tend to cater towards better-known Hollywood stars, usually giving those who have
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already received the recognition that comes with having a golden statuette. Again, however, this is not uncommon in the history of the Oscars. Before 1944, no foreign films were even acknowledged in the award nominations. And it wasn’t until 2010, when Kathryn Bigelow won for “The Hurt Locker,” that a woman was awarded an Oscar for the category of Best Director. In many ways, we have made great strides toward equal acknowledgment and accountability within Hollywood, but then history repeats itself. The 2020 Oscar Nominations are sadly another example of the unspoken biggest award show category: “Best White Man.” What’s most interesting about this year’s nominations, however, is that the Best Picture category only included nine films to be considered out of the allotted 10. Rhoades made the point to look at the history of the Academy Award rules and regulations. In 2009, the Academy raised the number of best picture nominations from five to 10, allowing more opportunity for lower-budget or independent films to be considered. However, “Parasite”
and “Little Women” are the only films nominated by a foreign or female director. Rhoades also discussed his personal favorite films and performances that were snubbed for almost any Oscar recognition, like “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” “The Farewell,” “Uncut Gems,” the cast of “Parasite,” and Lupita Nyong’o in “Us.” Instead, DiCaprio received his seventh nomination, and “Joker” received 11. The 92nd Academy Award ceremony will be broadcast Sunday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. PST and based on the outcome of previous years, will most likely be a big talking point for the rest of 2020. Scarecrow Video will also be hosting many more events this month. John O’Connor wrote to me about their frequent events in addition to their Oscar’s preview, including an upcoming series of screenings of classic horror films. Scarecrow is also always open to student involvement and hosting private events in their screening room. Reach writer Ellen Cooper at arts@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @ellenecooper
HEALTH & WELLNESS
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Everyone can play a role in suicide intervention Steps to help others move toward hope, recovery, and survival Vivian Mak @vivianlmak By Ragini Gupta The Daily
stigma. A lot of people might not tell their treatment provider about suicidal As someone who has experienced suicidal ideation (SI) out of fear of being ideation, one of my fears is being in a hospitalized or judged, said Kevin S. situation where a loved one is at risk Kuehn, the principal investigator in of hurting themselves and not trusting Project ARISE, a study aimed at better myself to effectively intervene, afraid that understanding SI and self-injurious I might project my past thoughts onto behaviors (SIB). them. Keuhn’s study administers Suicide remains the second leading questionnaires over smartphones to more cause of death for people aged 15–34 reliably predict when youth are most at in the United States, according to risk for suicide and accordingly tailor the Centers for Disease Control and treatments aimed at prevention. Prevention’s 2018 mortality report. Although technological suicide By increasing individual awareness interventions are still in their infancy, of this issue, anyone can play a role in suicide prevention. Learning intervention they could be a potential way of reaching individuals at imminent risk methods such as Forefront Suicide who may not otherwise have access to Prevention’s LEARN® training model, or reach out for help. can empower individuals to help others One way passive data monitoring move in the direction of hope, recovery, could be useful in addressing barriers and survival. to accessing mental health care LEARN® emphasizes five steps to save resources, Kuehn said, is by directing lives: look for signs, empathize and listen, ask about suicide, remove the danger, and someone experiencing SI or SIB to websites such as NowMattersNow.org, proceed to next steps. which has been found to reduce the “The number one reason people don’t intensity of negative emotions. want to ask about [suicide] is they’re There is no empirically supported afraid they’re going to harm someone,” method to predict someone’s ultimate Christopher R. DeCou, assistant director risk for suicide, according to DeCou, for training at Harborview Injury but there’s a lot of hopefulness in Prevention & Research Center, said. understanding that if suicide is not an Although it’s not unreasonable to impulsive act — if it does unfold over wonder if asking someone about suicide time — there are many opportunities could plant the idea where it otherwise to intervene. would not have occurred, there is no “A caring friend or evidence that you family member is one of increase someone’s the most powerful tools thoughts of suicide for preventing suicide,” by asking them about DeCou said. “We know it. Instead, evidence that if we send … an suggests that you A caring friend or unconditional message can actually decrease family member is one of of care and concern, indicators of distress by asking directly. the most powerful tools and things as simple as ‘hope things are going Take 5 to Save Lives for preventing suicide. well for you,’ ‘sending offers examples of good thoughts your phrases that can help way’ … can reduce start the conversation, [one’s] risk of dying by along with direct suicide or attempting questions to ask suicide again in the someone who may be at future.” risk. Another component of LEARN® is “When you ask a direct question means safety, which involves limiting about a sensitive topic, people often feel access to potentially lethal methods. like they finally have permission to say You can’t get rid of every dangerous this important thing that they’ve been thing, but if you increase the amount thinking about a lot,” DeCou said. “It may of time or distance it takes for someone be distressing to be asked a sensitive or to access lethal means, you can create personal question, but it could also be enough time for that suicide risk to really distressing to not be asked.” peak and come back down, which What makes LEARN® uniquely could save someone’s life. helpful is its emphasis on having an After removing the danger, the empathic style, said DeCou. “You take someone who often is feeling model recommends calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, isolated and disconnected from life, and ideally along with the person at risk. you’re giving permission to them to tell In response to the increasing rates that secret they can’t tell anyone,” DeCou of death by suicide, the National said. “That engenders connection to someone else and connection back to life.” Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019, a bipartisan bill that would People do notice what you ask, but require the Federal Communications they also notice what you do not ask, and Commission to designate 9–8–8 as that can really perpetuate shame and
the universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crises in the United States, was introduced last year. The FCC reports that the use of a dedicated three digit dialing code would likely make it easier to access potentially life-saving resources. If we can engage a person at risk even for a modest period of time, even for 10 or 12 minutes, that’s going to help a lot of people, DeCou said. “For suicidal behavior, it’s not about tying people down or locking people up, to keep them safe; it’s about engaging
people in a human interaction, in a meaningful moment of connection,” DeCou said. “Those are the things that hold people to life and save people.” To get immediate help or to find a qualified counselor, The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline toll-free number, 1-800-273-TALK(8255) connects the caller to a certified crisis center near them. Resources for survivors of suicide loss can be found on the Lifeline website. Reach writer Ragini Gupta at wellness@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @RaginiGupta__
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Melgoza steps up with 35 points in loss to Cal
By Hailey Robinson The Daily At halftime, the Washington women’s basketball team was down by 17 points to Cal. At the end of four quarters, the game was tied, the deficit closed with 17 points from senior Amber Melgoza.
“The effort was valiant in the second half and it stemmed with Amber Melgoza,” head coach Jody Wynn said. The Huskies lost in overtime, 81-74, their eighth straight loss in Pac-12 play. It was the fourth time they went to overtime this season, a new record for the
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Amber Melgoza shoots a floater after driving down the lane in Washington’s 81-74 loss to Cal at Alaska Airlines Arena on Feb. 2, 2020.
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Starting the decade with new brand of Yellow Peril
How implicit xenophobia plays into our worries about coronavirus
Irika Sinha @irikasinha By Deborah Kwon The Daily To preface: I just want to emphasize that the coronavirus is severe, and this isn’t meant to diminish or downplay your rightful worry. However, it’s also worth bringing into question how much of this worry comes from media hysteria and fearmongering. You probably saw it play out on campus and social media this past week, with students intensely worried after three UW students were screened for coronavirus; all of whom ended up testing negative. Yes, it’s not terrible to be over-worried. But when it comes to viruses and diseases from “exotic,” foreign countries, we need to consider how racialized we make it. Oftentimes, we have a tendency to use it as an excuse for xenophobia and sinophobia (anti-Chinese sentiment). Sinophobia can come into play when we get hyper-worried
about coronavirus. Because of this, we have to ask ourselves if some of this fear-mongering is due to some implicit sinophobic sentiment. Don’t get me wrong, coronavirus is a serious issue, especially when you take a look at live, in-person accounts of what’s happening in Wuhan, China. However, in the United States, there is a pretty slim chance of actually catching coronavirus. In fact, according to NPR, you should be more worried about catching the flu, with an estimate of at least 15 million people having gotten sick from the flu this season. This phenomenon of implicit xenophobia when it comes to foreign disease isn’t a new thing. Remember the 2014 ebola outbreak? Yet again another serious disease that put many Americans in an extreme panic, bringing out some dehumanizing, anti-black comments. But again, it’s hard to transmit for those of us in the
United States, Back in 2003, similar xenophobic sentiment became an issue during the SARS outbreak, also originating in China. With the outbreak of the coronavirus, Chinese Canadians are making connections between the racist interactions they experienced then and now. Some have used the present issue of the coronavirus to push anti-Chinese agendas, such as with the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed, “A Communist Coronavirus.” Perhaps it can be arguable that it’s simply a critique of the Chinese government and not the Chinese people, but that is not what’s reflected in some Asian people’s experiences lately. It’s even more telling when you consider the United States’ history of Yellow Peril, the 19th and 20th century fear of the threat of Asian people coming to the Western world. It is continuing today. I’m lucky to not have
experienced any ill-treatment for looking Asian, but during the past week, I’ve seen numerous anecdotes on Twitter and other social media from Asian users — Chinese and non-Chinese alike — regarding their experiences with people in public. One Twitter user described two different flights where someone near them put on hand sanitizer repeatedly and a second put on a face mask right after viewing this seemingly Chinese person. According to BBC, Asians in France have spoken out against the racism that they’ve been facing, with the slogan #JeNeSuisPasUnVirus, meaning “I am not a virus.” In Chinatown in Sydney, Australia, a Chinese man died, allegedly because bystanders wouldn’t give him CPR, for fear that he had coronavirus. Being worried about the coronavirus is not an excuse for anyone to generalize and be racist toward Chinese people.
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And specifically for U.S.-born Asian Americans, it’s not that cool to be feeding into racializing coronavirus by making jokes as a way to gain more proximity to Western culture, especially when the likelihood of us actually contracting the virus is pretty low. It’s not bad to be worried about coronavirus, but it is important to think about how much of your worry and fear is a result of racializing the virus. To the UW community, just continue to take care of yourself, as with any illness. Get your vaccines, wash your hands, cough into your elbow, and stay inside if you’re sick. And even if you are really worried about your health, don’t allow yourself to buy into the media hysteria. Reach writer Deborah Kwon at opinion@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @debskwo
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