Chinese students at Columbia University have responded to a series of xenophobic attacks on campus with a simple 2 minute video.
The video was made after an increasing number of Asian students with Chinese names found their name tags vandalised and torn off their dormitory doors.
Name tags bearing Western names, meanwhile, had remained intact, recent campus reports say.
Their video, titled "Say My Name," has gone viral, reaching over 250,000 views on Facebook.
In the video, students introduce their names and explain the meaning behind their names, in an effort to combat xenophobia. Read more...
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