Discrimination against Asian Americans has increased during the pandemic. An Ipsos Poll in April found 6 out of 10 Asian Americans said they observed COVID-19-related bias against Asians.

From rude comments to even violent assaults, anti-Asian racism is impacting many Asian Americans’ sense of safety, on top of the regular stresses of life during the pandemic.

Today, Where We Live, we talk about the impact of xenophobia during COVID-19.

Have you experienced anti-Asian comments or actions during the pandemic? Has that impacted your sense of security in your community?

We take your calls, comments, and tweets. 

GUESTS:
Mike Keo - Photographer from West Hartford Connecticut, organizing the #IAmNotAVirus campaign in Connecticut
Grace Kao - Chair and IBM Professor of Sociology at Yale University
William Tong - Attorney General for the State of Connecticut
Xiaoyu Weng - Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Curator at the Solomon Guggenheim museum in NYC

Discrimination against Asian Americans has increased during the pandemic.&nbsp;<a href="https://publicintegrity.org/health/coronavirus-and-inequality/survey-majority-of-asian-americans-have-witnessed-covid-19-bias/">An Ipsos Poll in April found 6 out of 10 Asian Americans said they observed COVID-19-related bias against Asians</a>.
From rude comments to even violent assaults, anti-Asian racism is impacting many Asian Americans&rsquo; sense of safety, on top of the regular stresses of life during the pandemic.
Today, Where We Live, we talk about the impact of xenophobia during COVID-19.
Have you experienced anti-Asian comments or actions during the pandemic? Has that impacted your sense of security in your community?
We take your calls, comments, and tweets.&nbsp;
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Mike Keo -&nbsp;Photographer from West Hartford Connecticut, organizing the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.iamnotavirus.info/">#IAmNotAVirus campaign</a>&nbsp;in Connecticut</li>
<li>Grace Kao -&nbsp;Chair and IBM Professor of Sociology at Yale University</li>
<li>William Tong&nbsp;- Attorney General for the State of Connecticut</li>
<li>Xiaoyu Weng -&nbsp;Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Curator at the Solomon Guggenheim museum in NYC</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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