“The issue is so personal for us and it’s deeply hurtful. I think what’s been happening in our community has brought up so much of what we have experienced firsthand,” Cho said.
When Cho learned she was admitted to her dream college, Cornell University, she was elated. Then, a friend texted her a congratulations message that used a racial slur.
“It put a damper on the day for sure,” Cho said.
Yang ponders if unconscious bias played a role. “Inequality in America” takes an in-depth look at anti-Asian racism, including a candid conversation with News4’s Eun Yang and Aimee Cho.
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From Sunday until Tuesday, the original Emancipation Proclamation written by President Abraham Lincoln will be on display at the National Archives in honor of D.C.’s Emancipation Day. The D.C. Emancipation Act, which freed slaves in Washington, will appear alongside the proclamation while it’s on display. WASHINGTON Apr 23, 2018
Americans are getting an extra day to file their taxes after key elements of the IRS website crashed on deadline day. The IRS said that individuals or businesses with a filing or payment due Tuesday now have until midnight Wednesday to complete the task. Earlier Tuesday, Americans who had waited until the final day to file online got an unwelcome.
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News4’s “Inequality in America” series will continue Saturday with an in-depth look at anti-Asian discrimination and hate.
The show will examine the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the objectification of Asian women, the “model minority” stereotype and much more. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The special will air on News4 and online at 9 a.m. Saturday.
News4’s Aimee Cho will look at how Asians in the D.C. area are coping with fear in the wake of attacks, and channeling anxiety into action.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza are now on the money, literally. The two officials took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on Wednesday to see firsthand the production of new $1 bills, the first currency that will bear their signatures. Mnuchin’s signature is decidedly more legible than that of his predecessor Jacob Lew.. NBC Sep 1, 2017
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is raising speculation that Harriet Tubman’s future on the $20 bill could be in jeopardy. In a CNBC interview, Mnuchin on Thursday avoided a direct answer when asked whether he supported the decision made by the Obama administration to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Tubman, the 19th century African-American abolitionist who was a.
spokeswoman Jan 12, 2019
French interior minister says 2 firefighters were killed and at least 30 injured in a blast at a bakery in Paris that was reportedly caused by a gas leak. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said “at this stage we can say it seems from an accidental origin, this would be a gas leak.” He said that Paris firefighters were already at. Moscow Jan 3, 2019
The death toll from the collapse of a Russian apartment building has risen to 37 after more bodies were discovered by crews searching the huge pile of concrete rubble. State news agency Tass cited an emergencies ministry official on Thursday as saying four people who lived in the collapsed section of the building in Magnitogorsk remain unaccounted for. The collapse.