A string of racist run-ins in the last 2 weeks has given rise to hashtags — WashTheHate, RacismIsAVirus, IAmNotCOVID19 — and online forums to report incidents. - NBCAsianAmerica
Amid the explosive climate, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang drew backlash for urging fellow Asian Americans to display more “American-ness.” In a Washington Post editorial Wednesday, he called on them to avoid confrontation and do acts of goodwill like volunteering and helping neighbors.
"His followers continue to double-down on that term,” said U.S. Rep. Judy Chu of California, chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. The president's words also drew some Asian Americans in entertainment and fashion to the #WashTheHate social media campaign last month. Celia Au, star of the Netflix show “Wu Assassins," and others posted videos showing them washing their hands and talking about the effect of racism.
“At that time, I knew I had to watch out and be careful — who I was around, how they looked at me,” said Helen Zia, a Chinese American author and journalist from Oakland, California, who lived in Detroit at the time."I think we're in that stage now.” “It was a watershed moment,” Zia said. “We were drowning, and we had to organize to change what we saw going on around us.”
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