As the world continues to battle COVID-19, it also battles a wave of racism directed towards Asians across the globe. Angela Lee and other ONE Championship athletes speak out about COVID-related racism.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has noted the global scale in the uptick of COVID-related racism. It has swept across borders and is a worldwide issue that needs to be addressed.
In a tweet earlier in May, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres remarked, “Yet the pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering. That’s why I’m appealing for an all-out effort to end hate speech globally.