I read the article “We Asian Americans are not part of the virus, but we can become the cure” by Andrew Yang. In his beginning paragraph he opened up his piece by writing about his experience with hate he received as an Asian American. He does not tell the audience his point, instead he incorporates it with a good hook to his essay making the point he wants to address very clear. Yang then goes on to introduce his main idea of how physical and verbal attacks against Asian Americans have increased due to the Covid-19 virus. He gives a fact to back up his statement proving that the amount of attacks against Asian Americans has increased. However, I feel like he could have incorporated more information into this part. Not everyone who writes an op-ed is going to be someone as well known as Andrew Yang. With a couple facts it can provide very shocking information to the reader that they were most likely unaware about beforehand and will definitely have their attention while reading through an article. In his next section he starts off his paragraph by using a question from a random citizen during his campaign for presidency. “How do we keep the corona virus from inciting hostility towards Asians in this country?” He proceeds to answer the question briefly by saying the only way to combat this unnecessary hatred is by getting rid of its source, the virus. He then brings up how Japanese Americans have always been helping Americans. I like how he incorporated a very small historic fact into his op-ed. It really tied up his idea and it flows very well to the Conclusion. Finally to wrap up his essay he gives the audience a message. We should not fight hatred with hatred. We are not the virus but we can be the cure.
Ok. Good job.