Hosts Claire, Evan, and Emelia discuss living in the pandemic as youth and issues that arose with the COVID-19 pandemic. They talk about how the pandemic impact the Asians and Asian Americans community from prejudice to discrimination all the way to racial slurs and abuse. In addition, the hosts discuss  feeling a loss of motivation, and how spending too much time scrolling through social media apps can negatively impact mental health.

So stop scrolling through your TikTok feed and tune in for this episode of “Out of the Cocoon.”

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