stabbed? >> five. five times. >> i am so afraid to walk the streets. >> they shot him there. they shot him >> i am asian and proud. >> no one is going to pay attention to us if we don't pay attention to ourselves. >> there should be consequences for all this that happens. >> abc7 presents stop the hate, protect our aapi communities. >> good afternoon, i am kristin c. >> i am dion lim. we are live wherever you are able to stream. today, instead of the 4:00 p.m. newscast, we are going to spend an hour with experts and you in conversation together about the

violence against the aapi community and the physical attacks against the aapi community. it is more than just a story to me, my colleagues, this is personal. it is definitely not new. consider it the bay area's dirty little secret. >> a few years ago, a friend of mine sent me a message asking if i could help a neighbor who heard there was a grandma beaten and left for dead at a playground in san francisco. i remember very vividly accompanying the message was a photo of a tiny grandma. she was crumpled up on the ground. i stared at it for a very long time thinking, oh my god, this looks exactly like my own grandma. a law enforcement official told me that these attacks weren't anything new. they had been happening for decades. they even went so far as to call them the bay area's dirty little secret. but that asian americans wouldn't report the crimes

because they didn't feel like they would be heard. they thought no one would attention or even care. the story that changed everything for me was the older asian man out collecting empty cans to make a few extra dollars for his family in san francisco, when he was so brutally attacked. it was all caught on camera, but not just physically, but by racial slurs. he was humiliated, reduced to tears. i remember so vividly watching the video over and over on a loop, thinking to myself, oh my gosh, she looks just like my own father. i was so hesitant to share on social media because i didn't know how the public would respond to it. the floodgates opened. the video of that man's pain and suffering hit a nerve. people started telling me their own stories, telling me the direct message, the said there was someone on their side who understood. it was a lot less scary than a

police report. stories from seeing slurs painted on the sidewalk, from acts of aggression from families on a hike told to go back where they came from from a white former hr executive in the bay area company. with this story, asians became more bold. i was getting tipped off foreign more. the stories became violent. it was terrifying. after sharing their stories with me, life changed dramatically, almost always for the better. the young woman who was pistol whipped outside her home, had her car stolen, after sharing her stories, viewers raised money for her. she has more than enough to buy a brand-new car. the gas station owner who was pepper sprayed and told to go back to china by a customer, his perpetrator was arrested days later, and attention brought it to patrons who stopped by to offer words of support and purchase gas.

the woman whose grandmother was beaten on the playground, she felt empowered enough to start an organization to help other people who have been attacked. when victims and the community see the results, the willingness and trustand trustat their stories snowballs into something incredible. since the reporting of these stories, there have been endless offers to to to to to t contractor passed out air horns to the most vulnerable seniors and community members. a latino man who volunteered to chaperone seniors as they did their daily errands, we are doing this together. and through the power of social media, the love of children, their grandchildren, all of us can have a stronger voice and truly make change in this world. >> clearly, i am having an emotional response to that, because i lived these victims pain for the past year and a half. i did not expect to feel this way watching that story. but it has also given me

that we are having this special town hall discussion, and we are letting those voices be heard right now. >> indeed, turning pain into action. we have people to discuss a problem, possible solutions, and look at what you can do whether you are part of the community or an ally. >> we are proud to introduce our panelists today, joining us, tammy cho, cofounder of hate is a virus, chris from the mountain view police department. >> she is also a professor from cal state sacramento, and russell, a professor, and cofounder of stop aapi aapi aapi >> we also director of oakland, and also, the executive director with chinese progressive association. >> we want to start with the big picture. i want to start with

russell. there are asian americans asking me, look, is it really open season on us right now, or does it just feel that way? you have been tracking the numbers. give us a big picture of exactly what's happening. >> while the big picture is, since last year, stop aapi hate has released over 6600 incidents of racism, so far, nationwide, from asian americans. it is horrific are hearing. it is traumatizing. people are getting attacked and having racial slurs slung up in. the key research center said 45% of asian americans experienced racism, directly. that is over 10 million cases of racism. it is widespread. it is institutionalized. it is historic. this is not new. this is a recurrence of anti- asian violence we've had to go through, time and time again.

>> we certainly reference this on the program earlier, that the law enforcement official referred to it as the bay area's dirty little secret. this has been going on for decades. i do want to bring in chief chris with the mountain view police department. thank you for joining us. clearly, underreporting is a problem. it continues to be. can you give us an idea of why that is happening? why are more people not coming forward and exemplifying what people should be doing after crimes like this? >> sure, i can answer that from wearing two different hats. one, as a police chief, we want to encourage you to come forward and report anything anytime you are a victim of a crime. i also wear the hat as a first- generation son of immigrants. i understand growing up in chinese culture, the nuances of don't be a bother to other people, don't cause trouble, don't bring shame or lose face.

so i understand that. that is the challenge. especially for law enforcement, to reach across a bridge, i think, a lot of ways of the diversity that is shown in the place of the bay area, we have a lot of departments that have officers that speak the native language of many of the aapi communities that are represented, here. that alone can help maybe bring a little bit of comfort and approaching law enforcement. i would encourage the aapi community to get to know their department and the jurisdictions that they live in, and find those officers. they are out there. >> and chief, you speaking mandarin, i know you been able to hold town halls and speak to people and convince them to work with the police and trust you and build the communication. i want to ask you, sometimes you think there are

safety in numbers. mountain view has a big asian population. you think, and you know, are we safe here? even in your city, even with you as chief, you had recent racial attacks. >> we had. it is difficult. walking downtown and talking to shop owners, you know, i do get the sense that they do experience some of these instances. it is not straight up assault. a lot of the times, it is comments made to them. i sense what i brought up earlier, the hesitancy to not cause trouble. you know, our involvement with law enforcement is one part of a giant wheel, so law enforcement, the das office, investigating those crimes is one spoke. there are so many aspects with all the guests represented here today that represent a holistic approach to our path forward and how we address this issue of aapi hate as well as working together to ensure that all communities, especially in the bay area, people feel safe when they go outside. i would hope we could do whatever we can to encourage that.

>> and professor, i know have spearheaded the stop aapi hate reporting center and really started documenting these instances of hate. the numbers, obviously, are shocking to people who are not necessarily familiar with what has been going on. do you think -- because i hear this from community members -- do you think that the instances of violence of these attacks -- are those increasing, or are people becoming more aware and understanding the importance of sharing their story? >> i think it is both. we have the trend of racism that was really fomented by president trump with his rhetoric, so we had instances of hate. they are not all hate crimes, just people harassing us, cyber bullying, and then you have the long-standing trend of violence against asian americans in low income communities. i live in oakland. he much everyone in our neighborhood has become a victim of crime.

we have to deal with the risk of crime in the under resourced neighborhood. they are completed. they are related, but conflated. people think, what is happening to our grandparents is part of this racism against asian americans. it could be, so i think you have these two trends. they are both surging because of the pandemic and the economic conditions. also, because we are getting attention, people know more about stop aapi hate the chief said we don't have a history of reporting. that is not necessarily true. we have a lot of elders reporting on our site. we have a lot of non-english speakers reporting on our site. i think, maybe the difference is, we are trusted community partners who are not necessarily law enforcement. a lot of times, the response is not for individual action, but develop a community to voice.

they want to stop and change policies. i think we are getting reporting. it is from marginalized populations, speaking for the people. >> sometimes, people don't want to report because they don't think it will result in concrete action. and chief, i will bring you back in. i know you have worked with da in the community in santa clara county to make sure such attacks are prosecuted as hate crimes. right? have you had recent examples of that? tell us what qualifieswhat quals legally, as a hate crime. >> sure. that is the key. when you have a jurisdiction and the das office that works in concert towards the same goal. i know i can speak for the law- enforcement agencies in santa clara county. we are all united in a proactive stance on hate crimes. i believe that is true for the greater part of the bay area. i think, for hate crimes, what

is difficult a lot of times, we may feel or know -- proving it in a court of law is a different story. that's where it falls on law s enforcement ask us extra questions about when we catch the bad guy, you know, dive deep into the motive of the attack. that is information that they will need to convince the jury down the road that these are not just an attack on a person's faith, assault and battery, but that the hate crime is an element to it. the victim being a minority does not in and of itself qualify as a hate crime. we need to be able to prove the motive. i know, speaking at least from our department, we have a proactive policy on investigating these things. they are trained to ask extra questions to make sure we don't pacify it as a simple assault when the root cause of it could've been a hate crime.

>> that clarification is important from so many in the community who say they are concerned why this is not in a certain categorization. there is certainly much more to discuss ahead, including messages from people in the aapi community. >> we want you to join in the conversation. you are part of the conversation as well. go into facebook or youtube to weigh in with a panel of guests, today. >> to tell your story, your family's immigration, their american experience, through this, i think is where we can find understanding about each other's stories and really

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at san bernardino, the report on hate crimes -- asian americans are up 164%. new york city saw the largest increase followed by san francisco which saw 140% increase. >> i can take a moment to say in san leandro there was a story out this week saying attacks on asian americans are up almost 300% from 2019 to 2020. then there is this, a report out from the stop aapi hate center out this month found a number of anti-asian hate incidents surged to 6600 in march. the verbal harassment, the shunning, the assaults, those were up 64%. >> i want to talk really quickly to the director of housing family bridges. because for you, you are very open in talking about your background. you were incarcerated for 20

years. you had gotten into so many arguments. you had been harassed decades ago. talk about the experience, how you responded then and how you choose to respond now to be effective. >> yeah, with all that's going on, it triggers me. it's like history repeating itself, you know, back in the days of yellow fear and internment camps. i am a refugee from laos. i grew up in sacramento. when i arrived as a refugee, i was already put additives -- at a disadvantage. the role models i see around me, people older than i am, they

were either gang members, drug dealers, people who commit crimes for a living, i never see anything beyond that. i never see myself as a police officer, lawyer, attorney, doctor, every day i wake up i say i have to be just as tough and anyone in my environment so i could survive, because it seems like growing up now that i reflect back, when i grew up, it seems like it was put in this community and was pitted against the mexicans, the blacks, you know, other folks that are not asian. we are refugees. so we are like, we are not the majority. we are the minority. we are small. we always get picked on. you know, so back then we fought violence with violence. we don't back down. you know, we were taught to protect our elders, to love and respect our elders, so if one of us gets picked on, we all help each other.

we come together as refugees and we fight violence against violence. my experience in prison, you know, it led me to 20 years of incarceration in that mentality. in prison, that's where i learned were violence is not always the way to solve things. there is a program in solano, and i would like to give a shout out to the program, i was taught coping skills. you know, i was taught de- escalation skills. i was taught how to deal with my hurt and my pain instead of taking it out on other people. this is something that is much needed in school, you know? this is something that needs to be invested in more. this is something that is going to teach the kids, the children's, and other people how to deal with hurts and pain, it will provide coping skills so they know how to

utilize it. so now, you know, coming after 20 years of incarceration, coming out in 2018, everything's different. i know i could never break the law again. i could never use violence to solve my problem and issue. so every skill and coping skills i learned, i utilized that now by using it in the community that i work for, which is oakland chinatown. there's a lot of folks, homeless folks that have mental health issues. that's another area where more resources and money need to be invested in. because a lot ofofofofofof crimes that happen in the oakland chinatown, it's not a crime, it's just crime. in chinatown, there's a lot of asians there. you know, when folks with mental health issues come there and have episodes, those are the people who gets harmed or in the way, and with the skills

i learned, you know, i utilized that to calm folks down. one of these skills -- >> if i may, i want to talk more about the community ambassador program in just a little bit. i think you've raised an important point about the economic struggles that you and many make -- asian americans might face. i want towant towant towant towo this is a point that is often lost, due to the modern minority myth, there can be the misconception that all asian americans or many are doing very well. we don't face any economic struggles or housing shortages, or we don't face discrimination or racism. what is the actual reality? talk about why that perception is actually hurting us. >> thank you so much for

question. our members are facing so many crisis on top of crisis. you know, for the last 50 years, our organization has worked to win a more political voice and improve the lives of chinese immigrant community members who, as you said, it is often imagined that asian americans are driving a mercedes and all doing very well. the reality could be nothing further from the truth. in san francisco, 85% of the population is asian, that we are 42% of the households living in poverty. in chinatown, you know, we have so many of our restaurant workers and service workers, senior livers livers livers occupancy hotels, you often have entire families living in a 70 foot sqsqsqsqsqsq with a shared kitchen.

think about going through covid and trying to socially distance in those conditions. we know that the under resourcing that the immigrant community has seen and experienced with the lack of access to good jobs is not only experienced in the chinese community, but is part of the instability in the region that allows for these sorts of violence to proliferate. the bay area is such an affluent region. we are extremely unequal. for members, the chinese immigrant working families, they are feeling so vulnerable right now. they are feeling so afraid. because on top of not having a good job, on top of living in substandard overcrowded housing, on top of not being able to access ultra competent healthcare, they have to about stepping up the front door. it is hard to hear how community members will let grandma out of the house. they are afraid to go to work out. parents don't want to go to get meals that the school is distributing for their children because they are afraidare afrad

six blocks away from where they live. that is the reality the community is facing. that is why we need immediate action and investments in programs. our communities know how to take care of ourselves. it is not new. racism is not new.not new.not n. s geer r ghting for workers rights, housing access, education, healthcare, and this is the work that needs to continue if we are going to address the roots of this issue. racism is not just in the acts of violence. as terrifying and despicable as those are, as much as we need to take serious immediate action to address those incidents, it is more than just that. we need to have a competence of

long-term solution that is grounded in the wisdom of our communities who have, for decades, been taking care of our problems together. i just want to say it is really important that we have a unified approach to this because we are not only communities of color facing racism. we are not the first community or the last to experience racist violence. it's the foundation of this country. we know we have a lot to gain partnering with other communities of color who faced these types of issues and together to demand the investments we need, we need mass move reinvestment -- massive reinvestment for healthcare. these are things we need to address it forit forit forit for >> i'm glad you mentioned the possible solutions. that is obviously going to take time. in the meantime, i do want to bring in another guest, because

you also spoke about unity. earlier, we spoke about the coping mechanisms and the skills, i also shed some steers by watching all those videos and stories i reported on in the past. can you speak about the secondary trauma, the different types of trauma, how can we best deal with the stress so we can be better equipped to move forward and make the solutions i reality? >> sure. thank you for the question. trauma is an experience that overwhelms the person's capacity to cope. cope. cope. c. that fear is passed on from generation to generationto genen

what comes to the forefront are things that have been repeated over time. i was born in the world war ii prison camps for japanese- americans. and i have interviewed many who suffer the consequence of institutionalized racism. it was the absence of protest. you know, nobody spoke up when people were disappearing from their homes, schools, and classrooms. today, i think the unity is really important. organizations, corporate organizations are speaking out, which i think is really important. so trauma leads the consequences, mental health wise, is depression and anxiety. and people decide they will stay inside and not go out, it worsens the situation. so safety is what we need. we need safety within our family. we need to talk to other people

about what we are feeling and what is going on. then we need to organize safety in the community, and in the institutions, liu was saying, long-term, these things need to be addressed in ways we really haven't done to meet the crisis that is happening, today. so, you know, i am encouraging people to reach out and talk to each other whether it is other family members, but also neighbors. i had a very wonderful experience when my white neighbor next door came over to my house and said, because i am a target, i am asian, i'm small, i'm old, and she came over and she said, if you're going to go shopping, just call me, i will go with you. and that felt comfelt comfelt cm

some sense of personal safety, someone was looking out. how, if we talk to our neighbors, we can step outside our door and know that others might be watching and would respond with help. if we stay isolated and secluded, the problems can become worse. people can cope by drinking and using drugs and watching news all the time. which then, has long-term consequences for mental >> during this time, something simple as asking, hey, are you okay, from one of your colleagues is enough to make you keep going and feel like you can keep pushing, giving you that strength. we are taking a quick break on the air, but the conversation continues on facebook and youtube. please stay with us and ask questions. >> that's right. we want you to join in the

conversation. you are part of the conversation as well. i see some of you on facebook live weighing in. youtube, you can go as well and interact with a panel of guests, today. we will be right back. >> i want to remind everyone that on monday, the white house and disney are cohosting a discussion on diversity in hollywood and i'm going to be moderating a panel which includes kevin quan and you. you can watch it at 11:00 a.m. and participate, yourself, live on the abc news apps or wherever you happen to stream. >> i think by having all the people who identify with that group stand upstand upstand upsp our brothers and sisters who are being more targeted. >> ally ship comes in many different forms. for me, it is just knowing that for me, it is just knowing that there is the support of sometimes they say, "it might work, it might not work."

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just imagine someone did something like that to you, just came up to you and insulted you just based on your race for a fraction of a second, and you feel that rage forever, you know? >> yeah, a little empathy certainly goes a long way. we are back with the abc7 listen conversation, stop the hate, protective the aapi communities. i want to get to tammy cho, cofounder of hate is a virus, because she is an incredibly accomplished young woman, and the meaning of representation, we have spoken about this on clubhouse. you were the first aapi woman often times, innotech environment, using apps in the movement, i wasi wasi wasi wasis

to be at the helm in our primary newscast in three different cities. there is one thing to do with representation, but what you do with it is so important as well. what is your message to everyone you have been trying to push when it comes to actually using the representation for good? >> yeah, thank you so much for the question. it's an honor to be able to be in conversation with you over the past year just addressing these issues. i think representation is so important for us to be able to give a platform to those who are marginalized in our communities. it is really important that the people who are closest to the problems are also closest to the solution. something i am actively doing each day is really figuring out and finding ways community and hearing stories of community members, you know, working with community organizers who are sharing the panel with me, today, who have been doing the groundwork for so many years, and really passing the microphone to them to be able to share

what potential solutions we need to do, and what action steps we need to take from here. >> a lot of people want to help. sometimes, they don't know how. first, tammy, then chief chris, if you can tell us what bystanders could do, because when you are the victim, you need someone to step up. if you could, in a minute, go with the 5d's. >> absolutely. there is this great initiative that was put together about protection. we have this framework called 5d's. the first is to distract. like my puppy is barking in the background. it is creating a distraction to de-escalate the situation, and that could be anything from dropping your coffee or dropping a snack you are eating, to redirect their attention, the second is to

delegate, so it's finding somebody else, whether a person of authority or even somebody next to you to help deal with this situation, if you feel safe, then and -- document the incident. continue to find ways through your phone or social media, document what is happening. we have seen the effects of that over the past year especially. fourth is delay.is delay.is del. ask the person if they are okay afterwards, whoever was affected, show that you are there to support them. five is direct. so directly, if you feel safe, directly intervene in the situation. >> thank you. and chief chris, what's the advice you give to small business owners who might be afraid and the bystanders who might be in a position to help them? >> i love the 5d's. i will probably want to reach out to tammy off-line to see how our department can partner or maybe expand on the training for our community.

i think, we are all familiar with the phrase it takes a village. this issue will take a village. the police cannot be everywhere at once. it is so powerful. i know of instances where a bystander stepped in and called out of incidences being broken up, and i think, a lot of times the shop owners or community members need to know that there are people out there in our communities who are willing to intervene. and to the earlier point, as ea society, we lost touch with each other. the pandemic forced us into our homes. we might not know our neighbor three or four doors down. it is terrible, but it's a huge opportunity as we begin to open up, is to reconnect all the elements of society where now is a time to get to know people who don't look like each other,

get to know people outside of our comfort zones, you know, more often than not, we will find, as humans, we have a lot more in common than we do apart. you know, i would encourage people to get off their phones, get off their devices, meet people, help each other as a village, as a community, a lot of incredible things can happen. actually, if there's a silver lining to the pandemic, we are suited to take advantage of the opportunity now. >> look at the unity happening between you and tammy, hopefully, partnering up together. we will look also, i want to say, looking inward, even i as an asian american, a chinese-american, i assume that your last name was tiny, and to give me some education that you are allow asian, it does a better understanding of doing something so simple, and that's what i want to ask you, sand, we have, in recent months, for example,

atlanta spa shootings. how can people show solidarity with the aapi community without having to necessarily attend a large community event or having to beat their chest? there are small things people can do to exercise this in every day. >> we don't do too much chest beating these days. i totally agree that everyone has different ways they want to contribute and connect to this. i think, starting with listen. you know? whether you are asian or not, listen to other people in the community. the asian-pacific islander asked for is a huge conglomerate with different people, homelands and stories and the realities in this country. you wouldn't want anyone to assume anything about you, we shouldn't assume anything about

each other. this is an opportunity, an invitation, along with a crisis there is an invitation to listen to each other, learn each other's stories, and learn stories that are not of pain and suffering, which there is plenty of in the racist society we live in. there is also stories of resilience, power, and coming together that have to be uncovered and retold are not often taught that in school, which is why, you know, education in ethnic studies is so important. i think listening and learning from each other, and then finding the ways that make feel -- that feel comfortable to you to take one step towards acting on that, whether it is sharing information with friends and family or, as it's been mentioned, you know, getting to know your neighbors. the basic humanity of seeing each other's humanity

racism takes away from us. it takes away the ability to see each other's humanity. it's what the unequal economic system does to us. it turns us into, you know, where we are competing for crumbs as you said right? rather than seeing how we can work together, hey, why should one percent of the population get all the good stuff and we have to fight over this little bit? maybe we should be a little more equal, right? some examples i want to share, i think it is often untold the stories how asian americans have organized together to improve our lives and our communities lives and there is such a rich history of that and just recently in san francisco, you know, i want to share about our youth, you know, our youth participants, our members together and said you knknknknkn

, we have anxiety, we have depression. we have all kinds of mental health issues. we have so much pressure because her parents work all the time. we have a ton of pressure to succeed, academically, and no one thinks we need help. it's the same issue of racism. they got together and surveyed nearly 1000 high school students in san francisco and they came up with a series of solutions from the youth, themselves, of how they could improve the mental health of young people including they were able to win $1.2 million in funding for increasing counseling and services andservd make sure that the youth were actually included in the decision-making and having a voice in what kind of wellness services would best suit their needs and this is really not just talking about asian youth but it was chinese immigrant youth leading a campaign that benefited students of colors across the district, and that's an example of how us coming together and really meeting our needs and then standing in solidarity can win real improvements for all of our communities. and those serverless -- services make us safer. a lot of the things we are hearing about -- we are hearing

about the people who are suspects in these cases have mental illness or mental health challenges or are not housed. that tells you there are other issues we have to be dealing with in order to get through the problem. >> i want to talk to dr. ina. t not only are you a psychotherapist, you are the founder for sewer for solidarity, it is a social advocacy group related to world war ii. when you have this experience being treated as a foreigner in your own country, somehow, you don't belong, what is the psychological impact of that? what kind of toll does it take? >> it's a big question. one of the dangers, of course, is that we internalize the oppressive messages, and it impacts how we view ourselves and what we deserve and we have a right to speak out about one

of the thingsgsgsgsgs was organizing the healing circles. we are organizing right now. we have met with community leaders in oakland chinatown. we did a healing circle where, mostly what we do, we sit together and share our stories and listen to the strengths and vulnerabilities we have all suffered. it has created a bond. our next stepnext stepnext steps in leaders from the black community to share in the healing circle so we can talk about the issues, the tension between our communities, and these are the kind of conversations that are very difficult to have in therapy, but in one-to-one sessions -- i think the healing needed is the healing of our community, which means we are together in collective

consciousness to support and repair the damage that includes the internalizing of the negative stereotypes. it makes us wary and hypervigilant and paranoid in addition to just trying to survive. when we are in community, i think this is where we gather our strengths. i am hoping that people will begin to do things like that in their own neighborhoods. you don't have tototototo to gather together to listen to each other's stories. >> we hope that as well. we do want to take a quick break on the air. but the conversation continues on facebook and youtube. part of fighting for a better bay area is fighting for social justice when we don't social justice when we don't have allcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones.

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>> a great thank you to tammy cho, chief chris shown with the chief department as well. >> also, russell,'s the russel cofounder of stop aapi hate.org, >> and alsod alsod alsod alsod o the chinese progressive association, our deepest appreciation to all of you. the recent violence and vitriol against asian americans have had a collective they brought to the surface the long oppressed pain, the pain of being treated like a foreigner in our own country. i remember one time in high school i answer the question incorrectly. the teacher said the whole class, looks like miss z had too much rice wine. everyone laughed. i felt embarrassed and ashamed, yet, i smiled. that felt like a socially acceptable thing to do. many may -- and him --

inwardly, we are screaming. but now, pushed to the limit, sometimes, literally, we are speaking up, louder and more insistent than ever before. we will keep speaking up until we are heard. we have allies who are mobilizing with us because we are americans, and we belong. >> yeah, we're certainly not doing this alone. okay, i will try to get through this without tearing up. i woke up this morning like i do most mornings nowadays. i have a sinking feeling in my stomach. it is how many videos, how many stories of elderly asian americans being attacked will i be alerted in the rng. abt a 77-year-old woman who was ambushed from behind, thrown to the ground and robbed, i ask myself the question i asked

daily now, why do i keep doing this? how long does this burden of being the keeper of the storyteller of these horrific crimes last? in fact, you are watching this very program engaging in what is happening. i know we are it is something that motivates me to keep on going even when there are times where i want to break down in tears like right now or give up entirely. this burden is becoming lighter with every person, asian- american pacific island or not, consciously engaging and working toward change. that is a blessing. those are my final words. >> today's conversation, you can watch it again on our connected tv apps, roku, apple tv, fire tv, and android tv.

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