Don’t let your race define you: on being a Chinese person in the UK during Covid-19

Whether I like it or not, I am always known as the ‘Chinese girl’.

Ethnically Chinese people make up less than 2% of the population in the UK, making my racial identity stand out even more. Pre-Covid, being known as the ‘Chinese’ girl, bothered me because I am much more than my ethnicity and culture. Often, I found myself…