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Asian American Law Student Describes Disgusting Incidents Of Racism She’s Endured Due To Pandemic

This is truly terrible.

A gentleman made eye contact with me, pointed his body at me and sprayed me with Lysol. He never said anything. I just walked away and tried to get into my car as soon as possible.

Emily Covey, a third-year student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, describing one of the more antagonistic incidents she’s been subjected to as an Asian American since the start of the pandemic. In another incident, Covey says a woman tried to prevent her from entering a building by yelling, “Go away. You are making us sick.”


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