Even though physical celebration is more restricted this year, prominent Asian Americans across the nation are launching virtual campaigns to honor their heritage and denounce racist behavior.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA is planning to hire new staff just to deal with the influx of harassment reports and potential legal cases of discrimination, according to Stewart Koh, the group's president and director.
Even though in recent years Asians have made"tremendous strides" in representation, business and leadership, Bing Chen, the chairman of Gold House, said the pandemic reversed any progress"overnight." "There's usually a lot of celebration, there's a lot of building cultural awareness, but it does feel different with this month landing in the middle of a crisis and the hate that is happening has really galvanized people," he told"GMA."on May 18 to address this lamentable trend. May 18 would have been the 65th birthday of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was brutally attacked and killed by two white autoworkers in 1982.
Zia joined along with other industry leaders, activists, politicians and artists at the"United We Stand" event to speak about experiences with bullying and discuss solutions to racism and hate by both empowering Asian American communities and uniting with other minority coalitions.
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