蒙上眼睛,就以爲看不見 Repress your eyes, so you thought you couldn’t see it: My aunties and uncles taught me to feel the world

In this time of the novel coronavirus when history itself is being wounded again, this line of inquiry seems especially pressing. As some journalists and scholars have already been noting, Chinese churches are at the forefront of getting transnational news about COVID-19 while also bearing the brunt...

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Main Author: TSE, Justin Kh
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3387
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4644/viewcontent/Repress_eyes_2020_av.pdf
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Summary:In this time of the novel coronavirus when history itself is being wounded again, this line of inquiry seems especially pressing. As some journalists and scholars have already been noting, Chinese churches are at the forefront of getting transnational news about COVID-19 while also bearing the brunt of anti-Asian racism for it. A statement has already been put out by a coalition of Asian American evangelicals about this pandemic dynamic, and I don’t have much to add. But I confess I wonder if my insights from childhood could add to reflections about these times, though I’d say it’s too early to say yet.