Is it time to discuss racism in the Chinese community?

During the COVID19 pandemic, we hear a lot about discrimination against Chinese/Asians. However one Chinese Canadian journalist, Steven Zhou, published an oped article: ‘Why don’t they just work harder?’ This kind of anti-Blackness is prevalent in Chinese-Canadian communities. It’s time to address it" The reactions to the article have varied, but Zhou says, "More understanding between communities can be one of the few antidotes if collective solidarity leads to tangible successes in creating more equity in our institutions and accountability in our centres of power toward racialized people." Here is the RCI interview with him, and we hope more audience can join in the discussion......