Op-ed: The pain and fear of anti-Asian hate crimes hits close to home

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Op-ed: The pain and fear of anti-Asian hate crimes hits close to home ⁦winniesun⁩

For most of elementary school, my teachers would tell my parents that I was a great student, but that I just didn't talk much.

Today, with anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise, many in Asian communities fear for the safety of their parents, elderly friends, neighbors and children. They wonder whether they will be attacked if they go to a supermarket, walk their dog around the block or even just go to school. During the pandemic, one of the last routines of normalcy is to be able to visit the grocery store, and yet now we encourage our parents to stay home and have the groceries delivered when possible. To that point, I set up a grocery delivery service for my mother even as she craves to visit the market and shop for herself. She feels trapped and further isolated.

A Bay Area resident of Hispanic descent, Jacob Azevedo, recently posted an offer on Instagram to walk with anyone who felt unsafe in Oakland's Chinatown area. The post was shared widely and within days included almost 300 volunteers who had reached out to him on the project they called Compassion in Oakland.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images

 

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