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cord-303581-wowtg63z	Gao, Grace	Opposing the toxic apartheid: The painted veil of COVID‐19 pandemic, race and racism	2020-08-08		.txt	text/plain	3316	199	57	This article is a personal reflection of how the coronavirus exposes 'shocking' levels of racism against us, and our vulnerability as Chinese women living in Britain. Whilst we are hesitant to risk our bodies being assaulted physically and verbally, it takes courage to unveil our vulnerabilities as the 'targets' of this viral racist attack associated with 'Chinese virus' and 'Kung flu'racist terms publicly promoted by politicians such as U.S. President Trump (Guardian, 2020a) . By reflecting the ample manifestations of maskaphobia, prejudice and racial discrimination connected to the coronavirus against Chinese in Britain, we break our silence and speak up against the increasing anti-Chinese rhetoric, with whom we are in solidarity and to whom we offer our labour, time and support as a driver of resistance. A Chinese postgraduate student was reported being verbally and physically abused for wearing a face mask when she was walking alone in Sheffield (Jones, This article is protected by copyright.	./cache/cord-303581-wowtg63z.txt	./txt/cord-303581-wowtg63z.txt