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Letter: Why is Asian Virus deemed racist, yet Brazil, UK and South Africa is not?

A Richmond News reader wants to know why Asia Virus is racist, yet variants labelled as UK, Brazil and South Africa are acceptable
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An incident in a Steveston coffee shop has highlighted the issue of racism

Dear Editor,

I read all the letters in your last issue.

My question is: why is the term “Asian Virus” considered racist, but everyone talks freely of the U.K. variant, the South African variant, and the Brazilian variant?

I smell hypocrisy here.

Hans J Ruger

RICHMOND