Covid-19 and the rise of racism
Melanie Coates
Abstract
Over the past few months covid-19 has dramatically changed how we live. The media and the government have rightly been concerned with the global health and economic implications of this pandemic,1 but they have neglected to acknowledge the simultaneous spread of prejudice and xenophobia. Fear leads to the desire to understand and control situations. From this we see a surge of prejudice and …
Topics & Concepts
XenophobiaPrejudice (legal term)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Racism2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Government (linguistics)Coronavirus InfectionsCriminologyPsychologyPolitical scienceSociologySocial psychologyMedicineVirologyLawPathologyLinguisticsInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePhilosophyOutbreakHealthcare Systems and ChallengesGlobal Health Workforce Issues