Posted on 12/21/2020 12:16:41 PM PST by Vendome
As the coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., bigotry toward Asian Americans was not far behind, fueled by the news that COVID-19 first appeared in China.
“That old-school rhetoric that we eat bats, dogs and rats — that racism is still alive and well,” said Clarence Kwan, creator of the anti-racist cooking zine “Chinese Protest Recipes.” The speed with which such false stereotypes resurfaced during the pandemic is “a reflection of how little progress we’ve made,” Kwan said.
n addition, Asian American small businesses have been among the hardest hit by the economic downturn during the pandemic. While there was a 22% decline in all small business-owner activity nationwide from February to April, Asian American business-owner activity dropped by 26%, according to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Benny Yun, owner of the Yang Chow restaurant in Los Angeles’ Chinatown district and two other locations in Southern California, said even though his businesses have survived the pandemic, they get prank calls almost daily asking if they have dog or cat on the menu or impersonating a thick Asian accent.
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Anthony Bourdain stuff was tame compared to this guy lol
https://www.youtube.com/c/BestEverFoodReviewShow/videos
Just for the lawyers.
[Chinese Protest Recipes, a new zine by Clarence Kwan, announces three goals in bold typeface on its fourth page:
1. SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER
2. RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY
3. RESIST THROUGH CHINESE FOOD]
And there is a massive amount of Black on Asian violence going on that old Clarence won’t report.
Sure isn’t coming from me hahahaha.
I’ve been going to my Asian market so much the last several months, they have a black bean chili oil that is to die for and they have the very best mung bean sprouts, baby bok choy and a great variety of beautiful mushrooms, all for a good price.
I’ve started thinking I’m going to have to stake the place out and watch for the delivery truck, the mung sprouts are almost always sold out straight away.
Shut up slant eyes Kwan. You voted for the politicians who keep you shut down you racist pig.
At the start of the scamdemic AOC actually called anyone avoiding Chinese restaurants racist. After decades of liberal health nazis telling us how unhealthy Chinese takeout is. It’s got lots of sodium they told us. All that fried food clogs your arteries they told us. It’s loaded with deadly MSG they told us. Sesame chicken, won ton soup, shrimp with lobster sauce, egg rolls etc are CULTURAL APPROPRIATION they told us. So if we eat the stuff, THAT’S RACIST! If we don’t eat the stuff THAT’S RACIST! The hustle never ends with these scumbags
Racism uber alles.
BFL
Must be a lot of racist bastard leftists out there in lefty-rat cities!
Up here in Fairbanks, we love our Asian restaurants. And to think, we are red state hillbillies.
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