The rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a global phenomenon. This article aims to develop a transcultural communication perspective to examine the global rise in anti-Asian violence. It discusses the intersection of global and local factors underlying the rise of anti-Asian racism in Canada, namely (1) the historical and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism (2) the flaws of Canadian multiculturalism, and (3) the insider/outsider dichotomy adopted by mass media’s framing of the pandemic. By explicating these structural factors from a transcultural communication perspective, this article argues that politicized transcultural discussions on white supremacy are urgently needed for initiating constructive conversations over anti-Asian racism worldwide.
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Chen, S., & Wu, C. (2021). #StopAsianHate: Understanding the Global Rise of Anti-Asian Racism from a Transcultural Communication Perspective. Journal of Transcultural Communication, 1(1), 5–19. https://doi.org/10.1515/jtc-2021-2002
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