Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next. Yuanyuan Zhu said a middle-aged man started shouting at her while she was walking to her gym and then spat at her as she waited to cross the street.

Over the past week, nearly more than 2 dozen asian-American across the country said they were afraid, to go grocery shopping, to travel alone on subways or buses, to let their children go outside. a sudden spasm of hate that is reminiscent of the kind faced by American Muslims, Arabs and South Asians in the United States.

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