Sacramento health chief calls Asians ‘yellow’ + CAPIAA hires Hmong director: Your AAPI newsletter

By Ashley Wong |

It is Thursday, Nov. 19, and this is The Sacramento Bee’s AAPI weekly newsletter.

Here’s a recap of the stories I’ve covered and ones I’m following:

Sacramento County health chief Dr. Peter Beilenson used the term “yellow folks,” considered a racial slur, to refer to Asians during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday declaring racism a public health crisis.

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