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Avoiding a person because of their ethnicity is racist. Christina Farr, a technology and health reporter for CNBC.com, reports that “Lilian Wang was told by a Lyft driver who picked her up from San Francisco’s airport that he had refused rides from people with Asian sounding names.” Instead of avoiding someone because you think they’re from China, ask all your passengers if they’ve recently traveled to avoid racism and staying healthy.

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This is the correct answer because during a time like this, we all want to make sure we’re staying healthy and safe. We want to be healthy, not racist!

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According to Farr, “Myeonghoon Han said five days ago in London he called an Uber with some Korean friends. They piled in and the driver looked annoyed and waved his hands, indicating he did not want them in the car. Han said his friend said “we’re not Chinese,” and the driver’s demeanor changed drastically and he was happy to drive them to their destination.” As an Uber driver, you should treat all your passengers with respect.

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Obviously, this is the best option and should report the incident as soon as possible to authorities. Try and help in any way you can. Be the change or a leader. A clear message needs to be seen, so these attacks stop. So be that change in any way you can.

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“Like so many others, she went about her day and didn’t report the incident to law enforcement and the perpitrators got away with it.”

-This person just ignores what happened and continues to move on with her day. It would have been better for her to let authorities know what happened to try and prevent future incidents and not promote hateful acts because of race.

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“There have been numerous reports of anti-Asian racism on the streets of Australia, India and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate has recorded more than 1, 1000 instances of anti-Asian harassment since it was set up in late March. On social media sites, the scale of abuse is even more apparent.”

Social media should be a form of entertainment for each person and be able to post things about themselves and their beliefs not use it for vengeful behaviors. Unfortunately, social media has also been used to attack Asian-American.

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“...a March 14 incident in Midland, Texas, in which "three Asian American family members, including a 2-year-old and 6-year-old, were stabbed … The suspect indicated that he stabbed the family because he thought the family was Chinese, and infecting people with the corona-virus.” (Margolin)

Encouraging this time of behavior causes people to feel entitled to being prejudice against people of color, in this case Asian Americans, and oftentimes results in people becoming injured or killed.

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“Gregg Orton...told ABC News the intelligence document "is an indication of how serious the problem is. We need to stop dismissing this. It’s easy to dismiss racism when it does not impact you." (Margolin).

Ignoring racism or looking away sometimes is the thing that is easier to do, but it’s not right. That won’t help anyone. Even if you don’t know the person or the group, you should try and help in any way you can, especially before the situation gets out of hand.

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"But perhaps few have been as greatly affected as Asian American businesses, which saw drops in customers as high as 80 percent long before the U.S. began its push for isolation, as stigma surrounding the virus kept customers out of Chinatowns and Chinese restaurants." (Shen-Berro).

Because Asian Americans are suffering during this pandemic its important to support these businesses and put an end to the stigma surrounding Asian Americans so they can try to stay in business through this difficult time.