Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART 1 History and Geopolitics of Anti-Asian Fear
7. 1 Race, Health, and Asian Canadians 27
8. 2 Cultural Trauma, Collective Memory, and the Enduring Power of Chinatown 48
9. 3 Rethinking Racism Against Chinese Canadians 72
10. 4 The Construction and Deconstruction of Chineseness as a Source of Identity for Chinese, Hongkonger, and Taiwanese Canadians in the Time of COVID-19 92
11. PART 2 Anti-Asian Racism in the Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic
12. 5 Tracing Anti-China Narratives in Early Canadian Media Coverage of COVID-19 117
13. 6 “Racism Without Racists” 138
14. 7 Social Mobilization and Online Activism Against Anti-Asian Racism 159
15. PART 3 Experiencing Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic
16. 8 “They Would Call Me Stupid” 183
17. 9 Anti-Asian Racism Experienced by East and Southeast Asian Young Adults in Canada 204
18. 10 Sites of Racial Encounters of Korean Students Before and During the Pandemic 222
19. Conclusion 240
20. List of Contributors 254
21. Index 260