Category Archives: Covid-19 crisis

The Need to Remember: Fighting Back Against Bigotry toward Asian Americans

American HIstory, Covid-19 crisis, Memory, World War II

The shocking attacks against Asian Americans in 2021 are outgrowths of a long history of bigotry against these, our fellow citizens. Besides bringing shame to America’s claim of “liberty and justice for all,” these attacks flow from the ignorance of too many Americans in this history of bigotry, especially of the worst violation of civil liberties in all of American history, the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. To defeat this legacy of bigotry and to break with this sorry past, Americans must first learn to remember.

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A Special Podcast: Please be alert to the danger that opening of state economies prior to June 1 may cause Covid cases to Spiral

Covid-19 crisis

In this podcast I discuss my concerns that Southern Governors are leading the way to a disasterous, premature opening of swaths of their economies.  Medical experts have warned against this and it appears to be based not on the facts critical to public health but to economic considerations alone. Am I an epidemiologist? No, but I am an historian. These Southern Governors are neither. They are ignoring the lessons of the pandemic of 1918-1920. I urge listeners to continue to shelter in place and practice genuine social distancing, because many of your fellow citizens will not do so to the detriment of the public health of everyone.

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