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BMC Public Health. 2021 Aug 18;21(1):1563. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11559-1.
Little remains known about both Asian and Asian American (A/AA) and non-Asian young adults' experiences and affective reactions regarding COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination. To our knowledge, this is the first study that explores the nature and impact of COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination within a multi-racial sample.
This study uses qualitative open-ended responses from a sub-sample of Wave I of the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study (CARES) data collected between March to September 2020. Thematic analysis was used to explore two open-ended questions: "Are there experiences we missed in the survey so far that you wish to describe?" and "What are your thoughts about the current social climate?" The data analysis for this study focused on 113 discrimination or racism-related comments.
A total of 1331 young adults completed an online survey of which 611 provided comments; a multi-racial sample of 95 individuals (65.3% non-Asians, 24.7% A/AA) contributed 113 COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination or racism-related comments. Two overarching themes were: types of discrimination (societal, interpersonal, intrapersonal) and affective reactions to discrimination (fear, anxiety/distress, hopelessness/depression, and avoidance). Not only did both A/AA and non-Asian participants report witnessing or hearing reports of anti-Asian discrimination, but both groups described having negative affective reactions to anti-Asian discrimination.
Anti-Asian discrimination in the face of COVID may be more widespread than initial reports indicate. Our finding suggests that anti-Asian discrimination is a societal illness that impacts all populations in the U.S. This calls for cross-racial coalitions and solidarity in the fight against discrimination and racism.
对于亚洲人及亚裔（A/AA）和非亚洲的年轻成年人在新冠疫情期间对于反亚裔歧视的经历和情感反应，我们知之甚少。据我们所知，这是第一项在多族裔样本中探索新冠疫情期间反亚裔歧视性质和影响的研究。
本研究使用了新冠疫情成人韧性经历研究（CARES）第一波调查的子样本的开放式定性回复数据，该调查于 2020 年 3 月至 9 月期间收集。使用主题分析法来探索两个开放式问题：“到目前为止，调查中是否有您希望描述的经历？”和“您对当前的社会氛围有何看法？”这项研究的数据分析主要集中在 113 条与歧视或种族主义相关的评论上。
共有 1331 名年轻人完成了在线调查，其中 611 人提供了评论；一个多族裔样本（95 人，非亚裔占 65.3%，A/AA 占 24.7%）提供了 113 条与新冠疫情反亚裔歧视或种族主义相关的评论。有两个总体主题：歧视类型（社会、人际、个人）和对歧视的情感反应（恐惧、焦虑/困扰、绝望/抑郁和回避）。不仅 A/AA 和非亚裔参与者报告了目睹或听到反亚裔歧视的事件，而且这两个群体都描述了对反亚裔歧视的负面情感反应。
新冠疫情期间的反亚裔歧视可能比最初的报告更广泛。我们的发现表明，反亚裔歧视是一种社会疾病，影响美国的所有人群。这需要跨种族联盟和团结，共同对抗歧视和种族主义。
