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A White Man's Bad Day

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A White Man's Bad Day

See also: hate crime; domestic terrorism; mass murder

Roxane Gay
Mar 17, 2021
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A White Man's Bad Day

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Between March 16th and March 30th of 2020, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump used the phrase “Chinese virus,” more than twenty times. His secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, called it the “Wuhan virus.”  That language morphed into the “China Virus,” and in moments of cruel humor, the “Kung Flu.” Members of the Trump administration would go on t…

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