TODAY
TODAY COULD BE OG. WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NO ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING
JUSTICE. THEY HAVE CITED AT
LEAST THREE THOUSAND ANTI ASIAN
INCIDENTS SINCE LAST FEBRUARY.
SO IN ONE YEAR ALREADY THIS
MANY INCIDENTS AGAINST
ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE HAPPENED
SINCE THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC. WE HAVE SEEN ATTACKS
AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING
RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO. SO WE
WANT TO HAVE THIS VERY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THIS
MORNING WE HAVE THE
COMMISSIONER FOR THE CALIFORNIA
COMMISSION ON ASIAN-AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER AFFAIRS KAREN
MEGABUCK. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME. YOU KNOW AND
WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE VIDEOS
THEY ARE SO HARD TO WATCH. I
MEAN SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE
BEING ATTACKED JUST FOR BEING
ASIAN TELL US IS PART OF THE
API AFFAIRS. WHAT ARE YOU
NOTICING? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING
?WE ARE HEARING THESE
INCIDENTS OCCURRING ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY. YOU HAD MENTIONED
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND REPORTS
HAVE BEEN GATHERED BY STOP API
HATE. THERE A COLLECTIVE
OF NONPROFITS AND UNIVERSITIES
WHO ARE TRYING TO GATHER
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
INCIDENCES HALF THOSE IN
ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO THOUSAND
OF THOSE INCIDENTS DID A THIRD
OF THEM DATA ARE HAPPENING HERE
IN CALIFORNIA AND WHAT ABOUT IN
SAN DIEGO? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
OUR COMMUNITY HERE? WE HAVE
HEARD OF SEVERAL INCIDENCES.
I'M ALSO PART OF THE SAN DIEGO
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
COALITION AND WE HELPED PASS A
RESOLUTION AT THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO LAST YEAR. LUCKILY FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MONTGOMERY AND
FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT GOMEZ,
WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING OUR
COMMUNITY TO DO IS TO NOT BE
AFRAID TO REPORT WHAT IS
HAPPENING. THEY MAY CONTACT OUR
COALITION IF THEY'RE NOT
COMFORTABLE CONTACTING OTHERS.
WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING. ONE
INCIDENT WE LEARNED OF WAS A
FAMILY, AN ENTIRE FAMILY, A
SIXTY YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER, HER
FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD
GRANDDAUGHTER WERE WALKING IN
THE SAN MARCOS AREA AND THEY
WERE VERBALLY AND NEARLY
PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AND BLAMED
FOR BRINGING IT TO THE UNITED
STATES. AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THE
NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP
DRAMATICALLY DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE TO CALL
WHAT IT IS. IT'S IGNORANCE,
IT'S HATRED, IT'S RACISM AND I
CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS IS
HAPPENING AND HOW HURTFUL IT
MUST TO BE AND THAT FEAR FOR SO
MANY FAMILIES JUST FOR BEING
ASIAN YOU'RE NOW BEING
ATTACKED. I MEAN IT JUST BLOWS
MY MIND THIS IS GOING ON YOU
KNOW, EVEN IN SAN DIEGO I CAN'T
EVEN FATHOM TELL ME WHAT THESE
FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH AND
JUST HOW IT JUST IT IT BLOWS MY
MIND. YOU WE AS A COUNTRY WE
WERE DEALING WITH THE VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS OF RACISM
AND THESE ARE YOU UNFORTUNATELY
WE HAVE SEEN INCIDENCES LIKE
THIS IN THE PAST AFTER 9/11 OUR
INDIAN AND SEE COMMUNITIES
HELPED FORM A COALITION THEN
FOR GREATER SAFETY BECAUSE THEY
WERE BEING ATTACKED THEN IN
2001 WE'RE SEEING A RISE IN
RACIST ATTACKS AGAINST ASIAN
APPEARING PEOPLE AGAIN. SO WITH
THE FAMILIES IT'S VERY
DISTURBING FOR THEM. THIS
FAMILY WHO WAS ATTACKED I
MENTIONED THEY SERVED IN THE
MILITARY, THEIR FATHER SERVED
IN THE US NAVY BUT THEY STILL
FACE THESE INCIDENCES HERE AT
HOME IN OUR COUNTRY THAT YOU
GREW UP IN AND LOVE. IT'S VERY
DISTURBING. SO WE'RE HERE TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE
FAMILIES AGAIN TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE
SHARING THEIR STORIES AND LET
THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
ALONE, THAT THERE IS A NETWORK
OF CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE A LOT
OF RALLIES HAPPENING ACROSS OUR
STATE ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT
OF OUR ASIAN COMMUNITIES. IT'S
SUCH A VITAL, BEAUTIFUL PART
OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE
IN. AND HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN
YOU SEE THESE RALLIES? I MEAN
DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO
HELP EVEN PEOPLE COME FORWARD
AND SHARE WHAT THEY'VE GONE
THROUGH? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY
NO. ONE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND NOT
BE SILENT ABOUT IT. AND NUMBER
TWO, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR
COMMUNITY WITH OTHER
COMMUNITIES OR BLACK COMMUNITY
OR LATINO COMMUNITIES TO COME
TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD IN IN SO MAKING
SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. SO THAT
ABSOLUTELY GIVES US HOPE. AND
AGAIN, SUPPORT AND FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF SUCH
ATTACKS TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE
NOT ALONE. RIGHT. AND YOU DO
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS
THURSDAY. WE DO HAVE TO WRAP
HERE SHORTLY BUT LET OUR
VIEWERS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO
TO LEARN MORE TO HELP TELL US
ABOUT THAT. THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY
VISIT OUR WEBSITE THE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON AAPI
AFFAIRS ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN
THE PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW
THURSDAY THE TWENTY FIFTH FIVE
P.M. AND ALSO IF YOU EXPERIENCE
ANY ATTACKS BASED ON YOUR
APPEARANCE BEING ASIAN OR
ASIAN, PLEASE REPORT IT TO STOP
AAPI HATE OK OR THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU SAW
THAT WEBSITE ON THE BOTTOM
OF YOUR SCREEN AS WELL STOP
AAPI HATE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR
ALL OF