The dangers of “downloading while Asian”

Leti Volpp interviewed by SF Weekly News, Nov. 25, 2015

“Asians, and in particular the Chinese, were structured as aliens to be excluded,” she said, adding that people should be skeptical of embracing the “model minority” stereotype. “We’ve seen people being profiled for downloading data while Asian. Now people are being profiled for emailing while Chinese,” Volpp said.