Another "protected" group. Who knew?----MSU tells students the 'correct term' for 'Chinese Virus'

MSU tells students the 'correct term' for 'Chinese Virus'

• Michigan State University sent an email to students telling them how to refer to coronavirus.
• The public university addressed the disease being called the "Chinese virus."
• It said the "correct term" for the virus is "novel coronavirus" and that "no other name is acceptable."
• “this epidemic may be new, [but] the racist and xenophobic discourse and images on the news and social media are all too familiar.”   

In an email sent by Michigan State University on April 2, eight recommendations were given to handle COVID-19. 
Staff, faculty, and students were encouraged to sign MSU’s “Hate Has No Home Here” pledge...

• MSU encourages students to be an “upstander" by standing up to “racist, dog-whistle, ageist, xenophobic, classist or other speech that divides our community.” 
• Further, the MSU community should, “especially stand up against the denigration of anyone in our Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) community at this time and in the future days... because we are seeing a rise in anti-APIDA racism.”

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