ISSUE THAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE, HATEFUL.
AND IT HAS TO STOP. >> JOINING US NOW IS THE NEW
>> JOINING US NOW IS THE NEW
YORK DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN, AND
THE AMBASSADOR TO CHINATOWN.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
CONGRESSWOMAN, FIRST TO YOU.
THERE HAVE BEEN 3800 ANTI-ASIAN
INCIDENCE REPORTED ALREADY THIS
YEAR.
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT HAPPENED
IN GEORGIA, THE KILLING, AND THE
FEAR THAT THE ASIAN AMERICANS
MUST BE FEELING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
THIS IS A FEAR THAT IS NOT NEW.
THIS IS A FEAR THAT HAS BEEN
DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE PAST
YEAR ESPECIALLY FROM THE
RHETORIC THAT CAME OUT OF THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN
INVISIBLE.
WE ARE SO HURT ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN ATLANTA,
BUT ALSO HURT ABOUT THIS YEAR’S
LONG WORK OF HATEFUL INCIDENTS
AND HATE CRIMES THAT HAVE
SKYROCKETED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE ALLYSHIP, LIKE BLACK AND LATINOS
ALLYSHIP, LIKE BLACK AND LATINOS
IN FIGHTING RACISM.
>> TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOUR
GROUP HAS BEEN TAKING TRACK OF,
WHAT HAS BEEN ESCALATING IN THE
PAST YEAR.
>> THANKS.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE RECORDED OVER 3800 INCIDENTS AGAINST
OVER 3800 INCIDENTS AGAINST
ASIAN AMERICANS.
THERE WERE RACIALLY.
AND WOMEN ARE ATTACKED 3.2 TIMES
MORE THAN MEN AND GIRLS 2.3 TIMES MORE THAN BOYS.
TIMES MORE THAN BOYS. OTHERS THAT ARE ELDERLY AREND
OTHERS THAT ARE ELDERLY AREND
WOMEN ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
ATTACKED.
THIS IS A -- TIME.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP, DO YOU
THINK THE ORIGINS IN WU HANHAN A
THE WAY THAT FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE
REFERRED TO IT AS THE CHINA
VIRUS CAUSED THIS MISBLAME.
>> THERE IS A CLEAR CORRELATION.
HIS HATE SPEECH WENT VIRAL.
HIS WORDS MADE THE ASSOCIATION
THAT THE VIRUS WAS CHINESE.
IT IS JUST A BIOLOGICAL VIRUS
BUT BECAME THE CHINESE VIRUS AND
THE STIGMA WAS THAT VIE NIECE
WERE
-- CHINESE WERE THE ONES CARRYING THE VIRUS.
CARRYING THE VIRUS.
>> CAN YOU CAULK TALK ABOUT OAKL
AND THE COMMUNITY EFFORTS THERE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MY
CONDOLENCE TO THE VICTIMS’
FAMILIES BY THIS SENSELESS ACT
OF VIOLENCE.
THE COMMUNITY IS HURT, SADDENED.
THIS DOESN’T HELP WITH THE
STRINGS OF ATTACKS AROUND THE
UNITED STATES.
LIKE THE DOCTOR SAID, THIS COMES
FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION
SAYING IT WAS A CHINESE VIRUS.
IT WAS A PRODUCT OF THAT SPEECH.
WE ARE NOW TRYING TO COPE.
WE WILL BE WALKING AROUND AND
CONTINUE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY
SAFE.
I HOPE THAT SOMETHING GETS DONE
ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE IT’S NOT FAIR.
NOT FAIR TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES AND IT’S NOT FAIR
FOR ALL THE VICTIMS FAMILY.
I BELIEVE THAT IT’S GOING TO
TAKE A LOT TO GET OVER THIS.
EIGHT PEOPLE JUST LOST LIVES
BECAUSE OF -- MAN, I CAN’T FIND
THE RIGHT WORD TO DESCRIBE THIS
ATROCITY.
I’M SADDENED AND HEARTBROKEN
ABOUT IT. >> IT IS A HORROR.
>> IT IS A HORROR.
CONGRESSWOMAN, YOU HAVE BEEN SPONSORING
SPONSORING ANTI-ASIAN
LEGISLATION.
>> WE ARE WORKING ON
LEGISLATION.
PRIOR TO THAT, LAST YEAR IN
LIGHT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
COMMENTS, CONGRESS PASSED A SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION THAT
SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION THAT
CONDEMNS BIGOTRY AND HATRED
AGAINST ACIANS. -- ACIANS, BUT
AGAINST 168 REPUBLICANS.
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON
LEGISLATION THAT HAS MORE TEETH.
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
PROVIDING RESOURCES AND
PERSONNEL IN DEALING WITH HATE
CRIMES.
WE WANT MORE EDUCATION AND
RESOURCES FOR OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION
FROM CORONAVIRUS TO HOUSE TO
REPORT HATEFUL INCIDENTS AND
HATE CRIMES.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCHVERY MUC
IT IS A TERRIBLE DAY.
EIGHT YOUNG WOMEN DYING IS
UNSPEAKABLE.