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Asian Americans report increased discrimination, even as some work on the front lines of pandemic

Name: Asian Americans report increased discrimination, even as some work on the front lines of pandemic
Uploaded: 2020-07-30T08:03:57-0400
Duration: 6 min 13 s
Description: People of Filipino ancestry make up about 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 7% of the nation's health care workers. According to ProPublica, one of every four Filipino adults in the New York-New Jersey area works in the medical field. Elaine Quijano shares the effect the pandemic has had on this community of caretakers.

People of Filipino ancestry make up about 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 7% of the nation's health care workers. According to ProPublica, one of every four Filipino adults in the New York-New Jersey area works in the medical field. Elaine Quijano shares the effect the pandemic has had on this community of caretakers.