Honestly as a (ethnic only, sadly, or I’d have solid plans to leave by now) Chinese-Canadian raised in this cursed country, the anti Asian (particularly Chinese and Indian/South Asian) hate has spiraled in recent years into increasing vitriol and mainstream acceptance. This country was always racist, but the way things are headed at this point, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see internment camps return (if slightly more selectively so, or so I’d hope as a minimum) in the near future.
Looking it up- holy shit, you’re right. And naturally the author was a slave-owner, an anti-abolitionist lawyer, and noted racist, which isn’t particularly surprising when one reads the third verse onwards