Láolú Senbanjo is a Nigerian performance and visual artist, human rights lawyer and activist based in Brooklyn...
The xenophobia has just moved to Asia...
That point was made painfully clear when, rather than taking the opportunity to unite and embrace a rising spirit of generosity and togetherness emanating around the globe, the president of the United States made a choice to sow division, publicly labeling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus.”
But this goes far beyond physical ailments. There must be a collective understanding that social ills, economic challenges and, of course, the looming environmental disaster, belong to us all. For better or worse, they are a part of who we are; and we are a part of them.