>> I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against
the Chinese virus.
>> When you have a president saying this, >> Racism in the time of pandemic.
A young woman wearing a mask is it tacked in the subway station.
>> Come here, sanitize your >> An elderly woman is chased by a bully trying
to squirt hand sanitizer on her.
Harassment and assault against Asian-Americans are up sharply.
>> The innocent are attacked.
>> You need to leave.
>> Asian piece.
>> It comes from China.
>> People are saying its racist.
>> It's not racist at all.
No, not at all.
It comes from China.
That's why, it comes from China.
>> When a racist president deflects his own his handling onto minorities.
>> In Midland Texas in March, a hate crime attack there left a man and his two year old
with knife wounds across their faces.
In April in New York, a man poured acid on an Asian American woman.
>> The guiltless suffer the consequences.
>> Yeah, no, I don't take responsibility at all.
>> Are you from China?
>> Why is that?
>> You haven't heard of the Coronavirus?
>> So, what does that have to do with us?
>> If you're from China, I need to know.
>> Asian Americans are facing discrimination not felt since the Japanese American internment
camps during World War II.
>> And yet the attacks continue.
Thus when former NBA star Jeremy Lin said he was called Coronavirus on the court during
his team's g league game.
It's shocking and sad thing But at the same time, just not surprising.
>> Asian American hate is as old as American history.
>> More than 3000 hate incidents directed at Asian Americans nationwide have been recorded
since the start of the pandemic, according to advocacy groups stop AAPI Hate.
VOA news citing the California State University Center for the study of hate and extremism,
reported this is an increase of 150% over the previous year.
This is something Lin predicted in a tweet he sent out almost one year ago.
When a president uses racist language to target minorities, in this case Asian people, they
unduly suffer.
>> Kung flu, as opposed to calling it the Chinese virus.
>> Why is this a global competition to you?
>> Maybe that's a question you should ask China.
>> Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically?
>> I mean, if you're asking what he said, that's extremely vulgar.
>> In San Francisco, Vichar Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai man who walked everyday
to stay healthy, was the target of an attack by a 19-year-old.
The assailant ran across the street barreled into him and shoved him to the ground.
Retana potty died two days later.
In the same week an attacker shoved a 94 year old man in Oakland's Chinatown to the ground.
Another video that rocketed around the internet.
>> Every disease ever came from China.
Everything comes from China, it's disgusting.
>> The increase in anti-Asian hate crime was the highest in New York City, the country's
largest city with a sizable Asian population.
>> What are you doing in this country?
>> Per USA today a 36-year old Asian man was stabbed, and taken to the hospital in critical
condition.
The suspect faces assault charges that include attempted murder as a hate crime and assault
as a hate crime.
While Jeremy Lin is praised by warriors head coach Steve Kerr for his refusal to name the
racist, and echoes the fears Asian Americans have in their daily lives because of the past
president's rhetoric.
The fact is, we need action to protect our fellow Americans from these events further
occurring.
Recently, Joe Biden signed an executive order condemning racism, xenophobia, and intolerance
against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
They blame the past administrations' racist tendencies.
While start, we need harsher penalties.
Anti-Asian violence did not begin with Donald Trump, still it seems enough is not being
done.
From the blame and imprisonment of Asian Americans after Pearl Harbor, folks who had absolutely
nothing to do with the attack, to present day.
America still cannot break the stranglehold of racism that plagues this land, focused
and founded on the acts of bigotry and theft.
The deflection of blame, the need for a target is rooted in evil.
While police can walk the streets and for example, citizens patrol agent homes in Los
Angeles, we must ask, what possibly can be done?
>> All you do is keep hearing about fear.
It's amazing why we keep loving this country, and this country does not love us back.
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