My experiences with Covid-19 over the past year have opened my eyes to the recurring problems of the world, and the harsh realities still present in modern society. As an American American living in the United States, I have not been exposed to many anti Asian American sentiments throughout my childhood, so the 164% increase in Asian American hate crimes in 16 of the nation’s largest cities and counties(CNN) ever since the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the many racist beliefs against Asian Americans in our society to me. For example, on March 5, 2021, an Asian woman was attacked with a hammer, causing a laceration to the head, after refusing to take off her mask despite the shouts of another woman. Other instances of Asian American hate crimes include a grieving family receiving a hateful letter on the day of their father’s funeral, telling them to “pack your bags and go back to your country where you belong”, a school board candidate of Vietnamese descent in Portland, Oregon, who found a note with the words “Kung Flu” on her doorstep, and a medical worker of Filipino descent in Los Gatos, California, who was shoved to the ground from behind by an assailant who told her to “go back to China”(BBC). Moreover, Asian racial attacks are also happening in Europe and Africa, such as a 22-year-old man punching a 24-year-old Asian man and accused him of being “the cause” of coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium (The Brussels Times) or in Cairo, Egypt, where store clerks have been hesitating to serve Japanese customers, and “corona” has also become a new slur with which to abuse Japanese people on the street (The Japan Times). It is no surprise that all of these attacks happened in 2020 and 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic. These attacks are on the rise because of the racist conclusion that some members of society make: all Asians are to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic and the interruptions in society. It is widely accepted that Covid-19 originated in Wuhan, China: the discovery of this fact combined with the many severe Asian stereotypes that are embedded in our society, led to the increase in prejudice against Asian Americans that is resulting in the steep uprising of Asian American attacks. It is completely unjustified and racist to blame Asian Americans for the Covid-19 pandemic because we had nothing to contribute to the origins of Covid-19, yet I learn that we still get the majority of the blame in society. Day after day, Asian American racial attack after Asian American racial attack, I learn that the world around me is filled with harsh truths and racial injustice. I know, from the overwhelming amount of Asian American attacks, that society always finds a scapegoat to blame for their problems, instead of joining together to come up with solutions. I now know that in order to improve as human beings, we have to let go of our mistakes and outdated beliefs as fragments of our past, and instead look to change what is wrong in the present to create a better future. Instead of fighting over our differences we have to acknowledge that the door to change is open: we just have to take the first step towards a better society. Society must come together, express our problems and differences, and come up with solutions instead of arguing amongst each other and picking a scapegoat. Clearly, my experiences with Covid-19 has brought my attention to the racial prejudice and divisions against Asian Americans in our global society.