Anti-Chinese stigma in the Greater Toronto Area during COVID-19: Aiming the spotlight towards community capacity

Due to the geographic origins of the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, individuals of Chinese ethnic origin around the world have experienced discrimination, xenophobia, and racism during the pandemic. Discriminatory actions have ranged from outright physical aggression to subtle mic...

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Autores principales:	Aaida A. Mamuji, Charlotte Lee, Jack Rozdilsky, Jayesh D'Souza, Terri Chu
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Stigma Sinophobia COVID-19 pandemic Greater Toronto area Public health actions History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/43a935e44f7b447c87f36bf5c6e587c8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:43a935e44f7b447c87f36bf5c6e587c82021-11-22T04:29:50ZAnti-Chinese stigma in the Greater Toronto Area during COVID-19: Aiming the spotlight towards community capacity2590-291110.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100232https://doaj.org/article/43a935e44f7b447c87f36bf5c6e587c82021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291121001285https://doaj.org/toc/2590-2911Due to the geographic origins of the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, individuals of Chinese ethnic origin around the world have experienced discrimination, xenophobia, and racism during the pandemic. Discriminatory actions have ranged from outright physical aggression to subtle microaggressions. While reports (both media and academic) have highlighted such incidents, this paper argues that when the conversation starts and stops at the reporting of experiences of stigma, the narrative remains as the victimization of the community. Instead, instances of COVID-19 stigma and discrimination are only one aspect of this story, where other aspects include a deeper understanding of the community itself along with an awareness of the capacity that the Chinese diaspora community brings forward to help overcome COVID-19. We focus our discussion on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Canada, a global urban center that has a sizeable ethnic Chinese diaspora community, and argue that highlighting the early actions that the community took to help broader society in dealing with COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic may help to reframe anti-Chinese stigma during the pandemic. These early actions include physical distancing, mask-wearing, sanitation and advocacy. Findings for this case-study are informed by media monitoring and interviews with 83 individuals identifying as ethnically Chinese living across the GTA.Aaida A. MamujiCharlotte LeeJack RozdilskyJayesh D'SouzaTerri ChuElsevierarticleStigmaSinophobiaCOVID-19 pandemicGreater Toronto areaPublic health actionsHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999Social sciences (General)H1-99ENSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 100232- (2021)
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topic	Stigma Sinophobia COVID-19 pandemic Greater Toronto area Public health actions History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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description	Due to the geographic origins of the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, individuals of Chinese ethnic origin around the world have experienced discrimination, xenophobia, and racism during the pandemic. Discriminatory actions have ranged from outright physical aggression to subtle microaggressions. While reports (both media and academic) have highlighted such incidents, this paper argues that when the conversation starts and stops at the reporting of experiences of stigma, the narrative remains as the victimization of the community. Instead, instances of COVID-19 stigma and discrimination are only one aspect of this story, where other aspects include a deeper understanding of the community itself along with an awareness of the capacity that the Chinese diaspora community brings forward to help overcome COVID-19. We focus our discussion on the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Canada, a global urban center that has a sizeable ethnic Chinese diaspora community, and argue that highlighting the early actions that the community took to help broader society in dealing with COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic may help to reframe anti-Chinese stigma during the pandemic. These early actions include physical distancing, mask-wearing, sanitation and advocacy. Findings for this case-study are informed by media monitoring and interviews with 83 individuals identifying as ethnically Chinese living across the GTA.
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title	Anti-Chinese stigma in the Greater Toronto Area during COVID-19: Aiming the spotlight towards community capacity
title_short	Anti-Chinese stigma in the Greater Toronto Area during COVID-19: Aiming the spotlight towards community capacity
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Anti-Chinese stigma in the Greater Toronto Area during COVID-19: Aiming the spotlight towards community capacity

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