Project Community: Asian Americans say COVID-19, political rhetoric added fuel to racist fire Share Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021 Share Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
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Show Transcript MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, ON MARCH 12, 2020, ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE TO SOUND AN ALARM. WE DON’T TOLERATE ANY KIND OF BIGOTRY, TARGETED AT ANYONE BECAUSE OF THIS INFECTION. ANTOINETTE: THEY WARNED OF WHAT COULD COME, OF THE USE OF RACIALLY CHARGED TERMS FOR COVID-19. BUT NO ONE KNEW HOW BAD IT WOULD GET. ASIAN AMERICANS ARE UNDER ATTACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. BUT MANY WILL TELL YOU THIS RACISM IS NOTHING NEW. I THINK IT IS JUST THE REST OF AMERICA WAKING UP TO THE REALITY OF IT AND HEARING OUR CRIES. ANTOINETTE: SAM HUMAN IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF MASSACHUSETTS ASIAN AMERICAN COMMISSION. WE TOLD EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO LEAD TO A DISASTER AND IT DID. ANTOINETTE: FR
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