Directors Guild, Content Players Decry Malicious Attacks Against AAPI Community
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As Hollywood continues to observe the alarming rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the U.S., creative unions and content producers are speaking out.
Following celebrity outcry last week, the Directors Guild of America has formally issued a condemnation of attacks many of which affect elders in the AAPI community.
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“The DGA strongly condemns the rising hate crimes, racial harassment, and discrimination against Asian Americans since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no place in our society for these hateful acts fueled by incendiary rhetoric, scapegoating, and unjust stereotyping targeted at people of Asian descent,” a spokesperson for the group said in a statement.
described a pattern of sexual misconduct. in a statement he says, the idea that i ever assaulted any woman is preposterous. we find ourselves in a world with people can make allegations regardless of the truth, and a person is left with the choice of weathering insulting publicity or engaging in multiyear lawsuits. it s deplorable for anyone to find themselves in this situation. wynn s company released a statement reading in part about its harassment hotline. since the inception of the company, not one complaint was made to that hotline regarding mr. wynn. chris kirk ham, one of the wall street journal reporter that broke the story, and virginia hefernan and writer for op-ed times. chris, what did people tell you about the behavior they observed and had been a part of? sure. like you said, we discussed this with dozens of former employees who either were on the receiving end of some of these unwanted