♥ Indicates a resource that has been used to stimulate discussions during a meeting of the LLED Antiracist Caucus.
Coronavirus racism and colonialism (short reads & resources from LLED antiracist caucus, April 15, 2020):
Harassment, hate crimes, and other incidents of interpersonal racism:
- “Maskaphobia” and:
- Anti-Asian racism in Vancouver, elsewhere in Canada, in the US, and in the UK
- Anti-Black racism
- Islamophobia against Muslims and non-Muslims
- White supremacists encouraging using coronavirus as a bio weapon against racialized people and attempting to wipe out Indigenous peoples
- Online harassment, including Zoombombing in university classes, dissertation defenses, cooking classes, and POC spaces
Systemic racism and colonialism:
- Racial disparities in coronavirus health outcomes are obscured in Canada because of colourblind data collection
- Social distancing and mobility as forms of privilege
- Forced social distancing and segregation
- Speakers of minority languages often left without news and equitable access to healthcare
- Coronavirus is not the ‘great equalizer’
- Coronavirus colonialism is catalyzing dispossession of Indigenous lands
- Could the pandemic have been avoided if the world had listened to Indigenous leaders?
- The Anthropocene and the opportunity to right historical wrongs
- Citizenship, borders, and immigration in Canada
Antiracism and coronavirus:
- Activists’ responses: CCNCSJ’s Stop the Spread campaign; social media hastags (including #CoronaRacism, #WashTheHate, #RacismIsAVirus, #IAmNotCOVID19, #becool2asians)
- Artists’ responses: Canadian movie Corona
- Scholars’ responses: teaching about “yellow peril”; BC resources wiki
- University responses: UBC Equity & Inclusion; Wilfrid Laurier University; CU Boulder Ethnic Studies; Columbia School of Social Work
- Bystander training and tips
- Tips for parents and caregivers
- Report an incident