John Cho is getting candid about Asian American discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic.The 47-year-old actor, who was born in South Korea but raised in the U.S., penned a powerful essay for the on Wednesday about how he believes COVID-19 reminds Asian Americans that their belonging is conditional.«I called my parents a few nights ago to tell them to be cautious when stepping out of the house, because they might be targets of verbal or even physical abuse.
It felt so strange. Our roles had flipped,» Cho begins.«The fact that the coronavirus seems to have originated in China has spawned a slew of anti-Asian hate crimes.