Ethnic communities must stand together
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Lisa Zhao (l to r), 7; Luna Alonso-Jojola, 6; Joseph Daniel, 7 and Ameer Elshaer, 5, stand atop a the Phoenix playstructure as they spot another playstructure at the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground on Thursday, February 11, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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(L-R) Sanan Wannachit, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, and husband Eric Lawson stand amongst the crowd as Lawson holds a photograph of his late father-in-law Vicha Ratanapakdee while attending Love our People: Heal our Communities rally at Civic Center Plaza in condemnation of the recent increase in violence towards the Asian American community around the Bay Area in San Francisco, California Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The elder Ratanapakdee, 84, was violently shoved to the ground in broad daylight on Jan. 28 while out on a morning walk in the city s Anza Vista neighborhood and succumbed to his injuries days later.Stephen
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What You Can Do About Anti-Asian Violence: We Are Part of This Country, Activists Say
What You Can Do About Anti-Asian Violence: We Are Part of This Country, Activists Say
The surge of anti-Asian attacks comes nearly a year after Covid spawned increased vitriol toward people of Asian descent across the country
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Recent attacks on Asian victims are at the center of a rising national dialogue about anti-Asian and Asian-American racism, with the latest incidents coming nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic spawned increased vitriol towards people of Asian descent across the country.
As attacks on Asian communities rise, so must understanding and solidarity between Asian and Black communities to challenge the real enemy, White supremacy.
While news of those incidents was slow to trickle out in the mainstream press, reaction from the Asian-American community was swift. Tributes to Ratanapakdee online demonstrated shared grief in the community, while a petition by Asian American Collective called for better coverage of the assaults. Prominent Asian-American celebrities like Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, and Olivia Munn, meanwhile, used their platforms to bring awareness to the incidents, with Dae Kim and Chinese-American actor Daniel Wu going so far as to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attacker in Oakland (police now have a suspect in custody). According to leaders in the community, Asians are standing up for themselves as recent events have pushed things to a breaking point.