Law Practice
Feb. 11, 2020
Responding to coronavirus is not ‘racist’
“Do you believe how America is reacting to the coronavirus is racist?” More than one friend has asked me, a Chinese-American, that question. My answer is it depends on what you mean by “racist.” Anything can meet the definition of “racist.” But not everything does.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
"Do you believe how America is reacting to the coronavirus is racist?" More than one friend has asked me, a Chinese-American, that question. My answer is it depends on what you mean by "racist." Anything can meet the definition of "racist." But not everything does.
There is an alternative framing that likely will make the discussion more productive, because the subject is so sensitive. A demagogue blaming "the Chinese" for making the...
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