The 'Lab Leak Lie' Is Racist

• 作者: Josef Gregory Mahoney
• 来源期刊: 北京周报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（34）
• 所属期刊栏目: OPINION
• 页码范围: 30-31
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-9140.2021.34.010

摘要

The "lab leak lie" is racist. To be clear, the unscientific surmise that COVID-19 was spread intentionally or unintentionally by a Chinese government laboratory in Wuhan is racist. From the beginning,this lie was an expression of dog-whistle politics, one that has exploited longstanding racial stereotypes, and that has in turn deepened anti-Asian racism in many countries around the world.