Thank you Sandy and Shu-Chen for sharing these resources. At times of stress it takes the whole community to support those most stressed. However, the stress is not isolated to just he children bullied or made a target. Children know that they too could become targets if circumstances change. Children are caused fear because of the media and other people being afraid. It is so important to be truthful but positive and give children ways to cope. Thank you for this information that we can use and share with others.
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[Cary [Larson-McKay, PhD]
NAEYC Affiliate Advisory Council
[Past President, California AEYC]
[Consultant, Wonder Strength]
[Morro Bay] [CA]member of NAEYC Affiliate Advisory Council. California AEYC Past President, Chair of Chapter Relations Committee, Chair of Inclusion and Diversity C
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-24-2020 08:31 PM
From: Shu-Chen Yen
Subject: "Coronavirus Scare-Preventing Xenophobia in Early Childhood" from the Asian Interest Forum
Hi Aren,
Thank you for your support and timely response! I hope more educators can share their thoughts with us! BBC published a video and asked children how the virus impacted them. It was really sad to see these Asian children became the target of racism. See the link at https://youtu.be/n7-1HmKeqBU. It was very touching to see how Chinese children living in the UK cheered for Children in China! I wish kids in the USA would do the same thing. It might be a great opportunity to teach our children "empathy" and "kindness."
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Shu-Chen Jenny Yen
Associate Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 02-19-2020 08:13 AM
From: Aren Stone
Subject: "Coronavirus Scare-Preventing Xenophobia in Early Childhood" from the Asian Interest Forum
Thank you for the information and for starting this discussion. It's terrible how quickly and easily people resort to racism. It may be important to give Asian children and families in our programs some extra support at this time. Children might also be nervous if they've been exposed to the news about the virus. I'm also interested to hear if anyone is hearing children talk about this.
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Aren Stone
Child Development Specialist
The Early Years Project
Cambridge, MA
she/her
Original Message:
Sent: 02-18-2020 06:20 PM
From: Shu-Chen Yen
Subject: "Coronavirus Scare-Preventing Xenophobia in Early Childhood" from the Asian Interest Forum
Dear All,
Some of you indicated not able to open the statement Sandy posted, please click the link at https://fdafdaa5-78a3-4b52-a60c-bbc1ed5e8667.filesusr.com/ugd/d4e6d3_b1846f77d9d649788893934945fe2abd.pdf to access the full statement.
Asian American children have been bullied and assaulted <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/la-teen-student-assaulted-bullied-coronavirus_n_5e4749f4c5b64ba2974faf29?fbclid=IwAR2ND2s0IRlgF0cnyS3DbMM2U90XPmK5hzkPxgcmu3G9LaFhCJnyVn7jNko> due to fear and misinformation of the coronavirus. We have heard from our children in our school district that any child who coughs may get laughed at by their peers as a virus carrier. While the children may find it funny to make jokes about the virus against their peers, it's the educators' role to call out inappropriate and racist behaviors. In an article written by Ivan Natividad, Coronavirus: Fear of Asians rooted in long American history of prejudicial policies <https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/12/coronavirus-fear-of-asians-rooted-in-long-american-history-of-prejudicial-policies/> at UC Berkeley, it described how anti-Asian xenophobia has contributed to decades of discriminatory and biased American public health and immigration policies.
As early childhood educators, we can help disrupt the xenophobic behaviors in our own communities and prevent history from repeating. Please help the AIF to raise awareness of the coronavirus fear and advocate for children with Asian descent! Thank you!
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Shu-Chen Jenny Yen
Associate Professor
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Original Message:
Sent: 02-16-2020 10:46 PM
From: Sandy Baba
Subject: "Coronavirus Scare-Preventing Xenophobia in Early Childhood" from the Asian Interest Forum
Dear members,
Please help share this newly developed resource widely in your EC community from the Asian Interest Forum titled, "Coronavirus Scare-Preventing Xenophobia in Early Childhood. We will also save it in the open community resource folder.
Thank you!!
Best,
Sandy Baba
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Best regards,
Sandy Baba, Ph.D
NAEYC Asian Interest Forum Co-Facilitator
Education Researcher, Community Advocate,
California AEYC Diversity Committee Member
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