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I totally get that this is hurtful but the virus is from China? Also 80% of Chinese people outside of China over 18 are first gen (usually students or their parents brought them over) and often travel to see family in China, especially during CNY. This makes total sense.

But how do you know they’re Chinese?

If these people were so worried and truly taking precautions, they should be wearing masks all the time outside the home, washing their hands, carrying sanitizer, etc etc. This is racist.

But they use one bar of soap a year. They don’t shower often. It should be THEM we should be covering our noses at.

But they’re not ready for conversation. Nor will they ever be

My mum just came back from Wuhan recently, but because she's white, nobody is treating her like this. This is absolutely racism and nothing to do with legitimately trying to avoid disease.

Does the general public know that she just came back

Both parties are at fault. The right way is to wear a surgical mask and not use cloth. I wouldn't necessarily call it being racist because you want to be safe from a virus. But almost everyone has a potential to carry them. It's not just anyone from China.

If they were truly worried about the virus, they would be wearing proper face protection, Chinese person present or not. The fact that they're covering their faces **with their shirts** when a Chinese/East Asian person is around shows that 1) they don't actually really care to