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Author: Crystal Zheng

Black Lives Matter: How should Asian Americans answer the call?

July 26, 2020 Updated July 26, 2020
"Asian Americans have stood on the sidelines and watched as Black Americans are murdered for too long. We exculpate ourselves because we only passively witness racism by others, failing to admit that we are just as responsible as the perpetrators themselves because we do nothing to stop it."

I’m an infectious disease doctor and I’m afraid to go to work (and it’s not because of Coronavirus)

May 5, 2020 Updated May 5, 2020
"I knew what I was getting into when I chose infectious diseases as a specialty. I understood that we combat contagious pathogens, sometimes becoming infected ourselves in the process. What I did not know was that the job called for combating a different kind of epidemic as well."

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