Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is facing backlash for his column in The Washington Post addressing racism surrounding the novel coronavirus.
of an Asian American family in Midland, Texas, where the suspect allegedly claimed he targeted the family because they were Chinese.
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang greets supporters before taking the stage during a rally in Washington Square Park, May 14, 2019, in New York City. Two days after the article was published, Jenny Yang posted a video of her attempting to take the former presidential candidate's advice and embrace her"American-ness" in order to show"how ridiculous this premise was."
Set to play Shang Chi, the first Asian American superhero in the Marvel Universe, Liu initially responded on April 2 to the piece on Twitter:"At a time where Asian diaspora from around the world are experiencing massive racism and discrimination, @AndrewYang basically just told us to suck it up, eat a cheeseburger and buy an American flag."
"It frames the onus on us, somehow we have to prove we are worthy of belonging. We do belong, the burden should not be on us," Liu told ABC News.The call for Asian Americans to display their"American-ness" was only part of the problem, experts argue. Yang's invocation of Japanese-Americans who volunteered for military duty during World War II, without proper historical context, was another point of contention, they said.
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