Asian American and Pacific Islander activists in the Boston area have re-ignited their call for the resignation of a City Council woman who wore an anti-Asian Halloween costume.
A demonstration over the weekend comes after a photo from 2019 resurfaced last month showing the women, Jadeane Sica, wearing an Orchids of Asia T-shirt and a bamboo hat and holding a bottle of lotion.
Two years ago, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made headlines after being accused of paying forin Jupiter, Florida. In the photo, Sica's husband, John Bernbaum, is wearing a Patriots sweatshirt, a “Super Bowl champions” hat, a large gold chain and holding a replica of a Super Bowl trophy. A photo posted on Facebook shows Malden City Councilor Jadeane Sica and her husband dressed for a Halloween party in 2019.Sica did not immediately respond to NBC’s requests for comment. In a statement on Facebook last month, Sica apologized for the racist costume, adding that she “can and will do better.”
“Since that time, many, myself included, have become much more aware of the fact that the women involved in cases like these are all too often vulnerable members of the Asian community who are victims of exploitation,” Sica wrote in a Facebook post.
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