Rhetoric Society Quarterly Jan 2026

Managing Anti-Asian Violence: White “Hate” Discourses in the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the Aftermath of the 3.16 Shootings

Soyeon Lee The University of Texas at El Paso ; Eunjeong Lee University of Houston
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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
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2026-01-01
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10.1080/02773945.2025.2567288
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