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I might have found a lunchtime oasis and the newcomers who ve been wiping my neighborhood H-E-B fresh out of ripe avocados.
It s Roots Salad Kitchen at the Flats at Big Tex. Leonard Lem Dixon and Michael Hicks, the owners of the spot that opened last week, are first-time restaurant owners, but they don t seem to need any training wheels.
I stopped by the restaurant a day ahead of their grand opening. The team was working like a well-oiled machine, clientele has clearly already been established, and the menu had me sending photos of my food to my health-conscious big brother.
The long, ugly history of racism against AAPI community
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The long, ugly history of racism against AAPI community
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The long, ugly history of racism against the AAPI community
Decades of discrimination against Asian Americans included the Chinese Exclusion Act, the murder of Vincent Chin and America s first immigration ban based on race. Author: Shern-Min Chow, Matthew Torres Published: 1:43 PM PDT May 17, 2021 Updated: 1:55 PM PDT May 17, 2021
The attacks that killed eight people at three spas in or around Atlanta in mid-March helped further ignite a nationwide movement to not only stop hate against the Asian American Pacific Islander community but raise awareness about decades of unfair and blatantly racist acts.
Six of the victims from the spa shootings were of Asian descent. While the pandemic and anti-Asian rhetoric helped fuel numerous assaults, harassment and discrimination since March of last year, the killings have become the latest tragedy in more than 150 years of racist and violent history in the country.