Generational split on confronting anti-Asian racism
Younger Asian Americans prefer to stand up and fight, going against the older generation’s advice of ‘staying out of trouble’
AP, ATLANTA
The fatal shootings of eight people six of them women of Asian descent at Georgia massage businesses in March propelled Claire Xu into action.
Within days, she helped organize a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans that drew support from a broad group of activists, elected officials and community members. But her parents objected.
“‘We don’t want you to do this,’” Xu, 31, recalled their telling her afterward. “‘You can write about stuff, but don’t get your face out there.’”
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