PART 1: MLA Citation
Tavernise, Sabrina, and Richard A. Oppel. “Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety.” The New York Times 23 Mar 2020. The New York Times. Web. 29 Mar 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/chinese-coronavirus-racist-attacks.html
Preparatory work for writing the Summary: I used a graphic organizer to find MIs and SD.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
| MAIN IDEA (MI) Asian-American immigrants are being blamed for the corona virus and facing racist and hate attacks both verbal and physical. |
| SUPPORTING DETAIL:
An Asian woman in San Francisco was yelled and spit upon in public street. Many Asian Americans are reporting harassment when they are out shopping, walking, or riding public transportation. |
SUPPORTING DETAIL:
President Trump has been using the phrase “Chinese virus” spreading the misconception that Chinese people have brought the virus to America. The WHO discourages using geographic locations in referring to a disease. |
SUPPORTING DETAIL:
Parents fear for their children’s safety. Asian children are reporting bullying. A middle school child in CAL was attacked and sent to the emergency room. |
PART 2: SUMMARY
In “Yelled At, Spit On, Chinese Americans Fear for Their Safety,” Denise Tavernise and Richard Oppel report that Asian-American immigrants are being blamed for the corona virus and facing hate attacks both verbal and physical. These verbal attacks are being hurled at Americans of Korean, Japanese, Philipines and other Asian countries descent. Many are reluctant to go out in public. In San Francisco, an Asian woman walking home from her gym was yelled at and spit upon by a man on the street. When a bus passed her, he yelled, “Run them over!” Parents fear for their children’s safety. An Asian high school student was bullied, assaulted, and sent to the emergency room with a possible concussion. His attacker accused him of carrying the virus. In addition, President Trump is spreading the racist ideas by calling the Co-Vid virus the “Chinese” virus although the World Health Organization has advised against using geographic locations to name diseases.
