Back to school, COVID and Anti-Asian Hate

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Public Schools parent Geetanjali Mittal heard something from her son no mother ever wants to hear. “My son was told to go back to Mexico, and even after two years, he still asks am I American?” Mittal said. “There is this impact, this trauma that is carried forward.” Mittal is Indian, and as a mother raising Asian-American children, she’s wanting now more than ever to ensure that her children are protected from anti-Asian sentiments at school. “Educators have been helpful but there are some educators who have become a part of the problem,” Mittal said. “There are…