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   Tien Ngyuen wears a mask as she shops at the 168 Market in Alhambra,
   Calif., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. As China grapples with the growing
   coronavirus outbreak, Chinese people in the Los Angeles area, home to
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   Robin Toma, head of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.

   Face masks commonly worn by Asians to protect against germs or prevent
   their spread have become a flashpoint, with wearers insulted or
   attacked out of fears they have the virus, he said at the news
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   others,” he said.

   FACE MASKS A TRIGGER

   Anti-Asian sentiment emerged in 2003 during the outbreak of Severe
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   New York City designer Yiheng Yu works in an office where many
   colleagues have recently returned from China and where she and others
   wear face masks as a precaution.

   On one occasion when she wore a mask outside her office she was
   accosted by a woman.

   “She started yelling, ‘Are you Crazy? Get the heck out of here,” said
   Yu, 34. “I realized it was because I was wearing a mask.”

   Even coughs can provoke fear, said Ron Kim, a New York state assembly