Addo Isaac Yeboah
Centre for Social Research in Health, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, 2052, Sydney, Australia.
Soc Sci Humanit Open. 2020;2(1):100074. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2020.100074. Epub 2020 Oct 20.
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an escalation of racial discrimination against non-citizens and people of colour in many places around the world. While this COVID-19-related racial discrimination against non-citizens and people of colour has drawn much attention in the media space, the issue has been less discussed in academia. Given that racial discrimination has a significant impact on human relations, mental health, and general well-being, it is important to address the rising racial discrimination problem amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper discusses some of the reported stories of racial discrimination associated with COVID-19 and presents viewpoints on why people are being abused and the socio-economic implications associated with the abuse. The paper concludes with few suggestions on how to address the COVID-19 related racial discriminations as the world continues to fight against the double pandemic.
新冠疫情的出现,使全球许多地方针对非公民和有色人种的种族歧视有所升级。虽然这种与新冠疫情相关的针对非公民和有色人种的种族歧视在媒体领域备受关注,但在学术界对此问题的讨论较少。鉴于种族歧视对人际关系、心理健康和总体福祉有重大影响,在新冠疫情期间应对不断上升的种族歧视问题很重要。本文讨论了一些与新冠疫情相关的种族歧视报道案例,并就人们遭受虐待的原因以及虐待所带来的社会经济影响提出观点。随着世界继续抗击这双重疫情,本文最后就如何应对与新冠疫情相关的种族歧视提出了一些建议。