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‘Apologize for corona first’: Anti-Asian hate endures on social media – Source CNET Tech

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People hold up signs at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Chicago on March 27.


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Shirley Wang’s phone wouldn’t stop buzzing as the hurtful tweets flooded in. Earlier that day, the 26-year-old Harvard student posted a thread of tweets about anti-Asian racism, prompting more than 100 replies.

“We must fight anti-Asian racism without fueling anti-Blackness (calls for increased policing are unacceptable),” Wang tweeted on Feb. 14.

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