for america reframed provided by open societyoundations, acton family giving, pa foundion, the natial endowmenthe arts, and the reva and david logan foundation. (waves lapping) ♪ (splashing) narrator: minutes from waikiki beach lies another hawai'i. i'm fourth generation chinese in the islands, and my comnity has long been part of the fabric of hawai'i. but the covid pandemic put even our chinatown on edge. ♪ chu lan kwock-shubert: there was some racism. anytime we are chinese-looking, people kind of stay away from you, like "ugh, you're diseased," you know? people didn't want to come into chinatow there just wasn't a lot of foot traffic or retail sales. woman (on phone) put that in there. every phone call was like, "i'm sorry, we, we have to shut down, event canceled." week one, the flowers were in the refrigerator. week two, the flowers were in the refrigerator. and my mom was just so heartbroken. she couldn't believe that we had to throw it away. she kept thinking that, "oh, next week will be better. next week will be better." and then we had to, like-- when we closed the doors, that was a b