RQ: How has the corona virus exacerbated anti-Asian sentiment?
Letter, op-ed, TEDtalk, interview in podcast or video.
I am thinking about writing a letter. I would present this as an open-letter written in the college newspaper in order to reach the wide audience of all CIty Tech students. We are a diverse college community and everyone needs to know about how Asian students here feel threatened right now and what we as a college community can do about this problem. Another option would be the op-ed because I think that is similar to the letter. I think I could write an op-ed because I read a lot of op-eds and I am familiar with this genre. Another option would be a TEDtalk. I would speak in a more casual way and be able to communicate directly to my classmates. They are all people I know so this would feel like I am talking to a group of friends. I am up for the challenge of talking in front of people and I think I can connect well with a real live audience. A third choice that could work is doing a podcast or a video using interviews with Asian people. I might choose a few people I know: my Aunt who is in her 70’s because she could speak from her personal perspective about the real dangers our elders face right now on the streets, on the subways. I am still thinking about who else I could get to interview but I am thinking to get people that represent diverse age groups. An idea might be to make it a zoom interview so that I could include relatives in California. Now, I can see that there are a lot of possibilities and I feel excited!
