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Natalie Chou

  • ... that UCLA basketball player Natalie Chou stated that the use of a slang term for COVID-19 created "unnecessary xenophobia for people who look like me"? Source: "Calling it the ‘Chinese virus’ or anything of that sort creates unnecessary xenophobia for people who look like me. (Los Angeles Times) The former Plano West star, coming off her junior season at UCLA, blamed the “China virus” label for a swelling tide of resentment against Asian Americans since the coronavirus’ spread from ground zero in China. Chou called the slang term “disrespectful and ultimately racist." (The Dallas Morning News)

Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 16:46, 14 April 2020 (UTC).