“Global: How International Students’ Perception of Racism in the U.S. Has Changed”

Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for The Chronicle of Higher Education Q&A piece “Global: How International Students’ Perception of Racism in the U.S. Has Changed.” Ma, who also serves as the director of Asian/American Studies, has written extensively on the Chinese-student experience. She says that many international students have felt very afraid given the recent rise in anti-Asian racism. Ma says that “anti-Asian racism is always there,” but that the combination of the pandemic and recent violence have highlighted the issue.