Virtual action day in US makes bid to stop wave of hate attacks

Politicians and civic leaders in the United States are seeking to boost public awareness of the upcoming #STOPASIANHATE virtual action day ((March 26)) in response to last week's mass shooting in Atlanta.

Noriko Nasu, a high school teacher who was attacked earlier in the year in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. Source: AAP

State and local leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Seattle have gathered to condemn anti-Asian hate and violence.

The move is one of many in response to a surge in attacks against Asians and Pacific Islanders across the United States.

In Washington, DC a group of Democrat politicians has introduced legislation that would create a position at the Department of Justice to expedite the review of COVID-19-related hate crimes.

In Seattle, a school teacher spoke of her own experience of being attacked, in the city's Chinatown district.

Noriko Nasu said a man attacked her in February and hit her in the face with what she said looked like a rock in a sock.

 

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