The Coronavirus Is No Excuse for Casual Racism

A fellow passenger on a recent flight seemed worried I was infected with the coronavirus. Was it because I’m Asian?

Miroo Kim
GEN
Published in
4 min readFeb 24, 2020

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Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 27, 2020. Photo: Jack Guez/Getty Images

LLast month, I boarded a return flight from Miami to San Francisco. When I got to my seat, I noticed the couple next to me was wearing face masks. This was around two weeks after the first…

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Miroo Kim
GEN
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I teach how to be emotionally intelligent to live a life of wellbeing. I am curious about how to design wholehearted life for everyone.