S5E10 | COVID-19 Anti-Asian & Anti-Black Racism with Professor Charissa Cheah

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Who is seen as the disease or the diseased? Psychologist Charissa Cheah received RAPID grant funding from the National Science Foundation to study the forms of anti-Chinese racism from COVID-19 and their impact on Chinese-American individuals, families, and communities. PhDivas Liz and Xine discuss with Professor Cheah the politics and histories around racial identification health in research and how people, especially immigrants or international students, understand their own racial positioning. Race conscious research is necessary: the media is finally recognizing the disproportionate mortality rate among African Americans. However, Professor Cheah discusses how such research can be distorted to eugenic ends to blame Black people as a distraction from structural racism. More on Professor Cheah's NSF grant: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uomb-rts030520.php Support PhDivas on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/phdivaspodcast