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woodymirag wrote:
Jim,
The name of the virus is SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which is admittedly a mouthful. Most folks call it COVID-19 or coronavirus, either of which is fine (although COVID-19 is one of many coronaviruses). Interestingly, the "19" in the name refers to the fact that the virus was identified in 2019 (yes, in China), I think on December 31st, the very last day of the year. For a virus that's vast impact upon civilization has been in 2020 (and will have been, when all is said and done), it's kind of a misleading name, to be sure.
There are many people that have written extensively on why calling the virus the "China virus" is xenophobic, hateful, and yes, racist. Here are a few articles written better than I could do:
https://theundefeated.com/features/why-it-is-not-the-chinese-virus/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/202003/calling-covid-19-chinese-virus-or-kung-flu-is-racist
https://time.com/5858649/racism-coronavirus/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/12/covid-19-fueling-anti-asian-racism-and-xenophobia-worldwide
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/chinese-coronavirus-racist-attacks.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/20/coronavirus-trump-chinese-virus/
https://www.breezejmu.org/opinion/opinion-calling-it-the-wuhan-virus-isn-t-racist-it-s-worse/article_b9382af6-993a-11ea-8b1d-1717fff55372.html
From the middle of March 2020 to the middle of June 2020 (3 months), the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council received more than 1,800 reports of pandemic-fueled harassment or violence against Asian Americans in 45 states and Washington, D.C. I don't know if any of the commenters on this thread are Asian or have experienced this hate first hand, and if you are truly uninformed on this topic, that doesn't make you intentionally racist. I apologize if that was how my comment was taken. However, using terms like "China virus" (intentionally or not) causes racism.
I don't care how you vote or what media you consume. I don't care if you are caucasian, Asian, black, brown, or some other ethnicity. I don't care where you live, be in California, Texas, Ohio, or Florida.
But my wife is Asian. And my kids are half Asian. So, I do care if you call it the "Asian virus." Please, please, don't.
As for FM, I love this site. I've been a member for 7 years, so I guess I'm a newbie compared to some of you. I lurk and learn more than post, but it's been very informative. I have had multiple cameras, most recently and currently a Canon 5DIV, along with a brilliantly sharp 24-70 f2.8 II, a very nice 70-200 f2.8 II, the incredible 200 2.0 (which I don't have the talent to do justice), the 85 1.2 II, and a bunch of others. I prefer taking photos of people over other subjects, as I find the challenge of capturing non-static objects utterly compelling. I am good with composition, bad with lighting, and infinitely curious about maybe getting an R5. So... there, maybe we have something in common.
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Good Morning Woody,
There are idiots everywhere and it saddens me that there are that many reports of harassment, my guess is, given the state of our media, that they are somewhat embellished, but one is too many. I find it inconceivable that anyone could blame someone for this virus based upon their race, but I find so much inconceivable these days it's difficult to keep track of it all. The virus is from China, whether released intentionally or not, depending upon what conspiracy theory you want to believe, the oppressed and abused citizens of China deserve our compassion not our ire, the conditions they live under are unthinkable. I blame the communist leadership, I blame the carelessness of the research facility, and I blame the fallen nature of mankind that we think it's even acceptable to develop crap like this. Truthfully, I admire people from the east, asian or whatever is the appropriate moniker for where they come from, They come to this wonderful last bastian of freedom, looking for a better life. They put their heads down and work hard, love their families, save their money, contribute their efforts and the good elements of their culture to our melting pot, and frankly they don't complain and burn the damn country to the ground if they don't feel like they have been treated perfectly, that is a boatload more than I can say for a lot of groups!
So, yup, like it or not, it's the "china" virus, "Wuhan", whatever, and the blame and harassment belongs squarely on the communist leadership's heads and it should be substantial. If someone blames or bothers anyone else because of this pandemic, or any other reason, they are idiots and unfortunately their is no law against that, except for God's and many have pushed that from their lives.
Welcome to our Mustang Air to Air, a melting pot like no other, and a group of some of the finest photographers, more importantly human beings, that you will ever have the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with.
JW
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