community. between march 2020 and september 30th of this year, the organization stop aapi hate tallied a total of 10,370 reported incidents of hate against asian americans and pacific islanders in the united states. as part of our velshi across america series i traveled to san francisco's chinatown to sit down with six locals who spoke openly about the emotional and physical trauma that they've endured during the pandemic. >> you know, i've been really heart broken. i've been very fearful. i felt powerless and invisible, to be honest. i felt like we weren't seen. from my store walking to my car i'm carrying pepper spray in my hand and just scared any time i hear a sound coming at me. i look behind me every time i turn a corner to make sure there's no one behind me i might need to run from. one incident someone was biking down the sidewalk and i thought someone was trying to attack me

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