The Overwhelming Racism Of COVID Coverage | by Indi Samarajiva | indica | Sep, 2020 | Medium
▻https://medium.com/indica/the-overwhelming-racism-of-covid-coverage-78e37e4ce6e8
Thailand worked hard and fought back COVID-19 with public health. Instead of seeing that, however, the NYTimes asked if it was something in their blood. We’re talking about oriental blood magic, in 2020. I’m serious:
Is there a genetic component in which the immune systems of Thais and others in the Mekong River region are more resistant to the coronavirus? Or is it some alchemy of all these factors that has insulated this country of 70 million people? (NYT)
This is literal racism. Instead of looking what Thai people did, they’re asking if it’s something in their veins. Because Thai people couldn’t possibly just be competent, it must be alchemy.