In “What historians hear when Trump calls coronavirus ‘Chinese’ and ‘foreign,’” Catherine E. Shoichet wrote, “For immigration historians and other scholars, the way US President Donald Trump is describing the coronavirus pandemic has a familiar ring...As soon as Trump's words describing a ‘foreign virus’ hit the airwaves, Nükhet Varlik knew she'd heard them before. ‘We've had plenty of examples of this in the past...Once you open that door...historically we have examples, we know where it goes. And we don't want to go there. I find it extremely dangerous.’ It's the latest chapter in a story that historians see as centuries in the making. From the plague to SARS, whenever an outbreak spread, racism and xenophobia weren't far behind.” The remainder of the article explores five historical events assessed by experts who share takeaways from each event that we can learn from today.
Our present is intertwined with and informed by our past. We must understand the history that shapes our headlines to make progress for the future.
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