Amid virus outbreak, San Francisco entrepreneur describes xenophobic experience at nail salon

Friday, March 13, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco entrepreneur and founder of the app Flowly, Celine Tien authored an eye-opening opinion piece for the New York Times titled "I'm Chinese. That Doesn't Mean I Have Coronavirus," documenting a xenophobic experience she had at a nail salon in Los Angeles.

Since the Coronavirus outbreak the Asian community has seen an uptick in racism and xenophobia due to the virus originating in Wuhan, China.
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In an interview with ABC7's Dion Lim, she describes the experience she had at the Los Angeles nail salon.

Watch the full interview above.
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