Welcome back to On The Grow, I'm Grace Lee.
This is the fifty-first episode into the binge-able Past to Present Series.
"You know what makes me sick to my stomach? The fact that anti-Asian racism is seen as comedy to so many non-Asians. It’s actually “funny” and we as Asians have to laugh along with it when it’s targeted towards us. And here’s the thing — even if you have never experienced race-based violence, as a HUMAN BEING you shouldn’t ever condone it."
In Episode 51 on On The Grow, I talk about my past childhood story growing up in a predominantly white suburban town and what experiencing racism at a young age taught me as an adult, my experiences with the anti-Asian racism that started this past year with COVID-19, and my thoughts on the massive spike in anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. resurfacing again.
Here are ways to help the AAPI community:
1) sharing and reposting verified information about the attacks on your own platforms can have a huge impact in raising awareness and ensuring that action be taken to protect and bring justice to the AAPI community -- here are a few accounts to follow:
https://www.instagram.com/amandangocnguyen/, https://www.instagram.com/nextshark/, https://www.instagram.com/stopaapihate/, https://twitter.com/danielwuyanzu, https://twitter.com/danieldaekim
2) donating to the GoFundMe of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee who died from brutal assault: https://www.gofundme.com/f/84yearold-killed-in-san-francisco
3) donating and learning more about the non-profit civil rights organizations: https://secure.donationpay.org/aajc/ and https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711
If you ever have any questions, comments, tips or suggestions, contact me here:
email: grace@gracefulleemade.com
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