Every night, the neighbors converge on the Si family’s two-story home, which has large windows and an expansive porch adorned with columns.
Si and his wife took turns standing guard outside. They installed a new fence and cameras. They called the police.“I did not understand the extent of the harassment and how often it was occurring, at first,” said Layla Parks, who organized the nightly neighborhood watch. “I was immediately outraged and wanted to help.
“We’re seeing an epidemic of hate right now, and we have to stand together,” state Sen. Dave Min , who represents the district just west of Ladera Ranch, said last week at an event to show support for the Si family. Stereotyping and conspiracy theories identifying Asians as responsible for COVID-19 have been embraced by wide swaths of the country, Levin said, with a new Center for Public Integrity/Ipsos pollA “catalytic event” like the pandemic, with stereotyping by political and social influencers acting as an accelerant, often leads to increased targeting of racial groups, Levin said.
But, some residents say, there is a dark side to the unincorporated community of about 30,000 residents, which is aboutAfter the attacks started, Si installed a $3,000 wrought-iron fence around his front porch and placed floodlights and cameras around the property.“My kids are scared. I’m very annoyed,” said Si, 48. “At night, my wife and I could not sleep for more than three or four hours. Please, parents, tell your kids don’t do that again.
“It makes me physically ill,” said Parks, 30. “This has opened my eyes to the racism that is alive and well in Ladera Ranch. It’s definitely made me sad for this community, because this is just a wonderful place full of friends and neighbors that love and care about each other.” Three children have apologized, Si said. But Parks said one family sent a cease-and-desist letter after seeing their child in security footage she posted on Facebook. The letter threatened her with a lawsuit if she didn’t remove her post.
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