China News Agency, New York, March 21 (Reporter Madlin) More than a thousand New Yorkers of different skin colors gathered on Union Square in Manhattan on the 21st to call for an end to discrimination and hate crimes against Asian Americans.
This is part of the recent wave of anti-discrimination and anti-hate demonstrations by Asian Americans that has swept across the country.
One of the organizers of the demonstration, Asian American Zhao Dawei, said at the scene that Asians have long been regarded as so-called "model minorities" and have rarely made their own voices.
But in fact, "calling this ethnicity as'good' and referring to another ethnicity as'bad' is a method used by some white supremacists to differentiate ethnic minorities." He said, regardless of skin color, No matter which community you are in, everyone should unite and say no to white supremacy and all forms of racism.
More than a year after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in the United States, Asians have been repeatedly stigmatized, and hate crimes against Asians have surged.
On the 16th of this month, a series of shootings occurred in Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the dead were Asian women, which sparked a wave of demonstrations and protests among Asian Americans.
According to incomplete statistics, there were at least 19 Asian demonstrations across the United States on the 20th and at least 13 on the 21st.
In the past few days, Asian demonstrations of various scales have been held almost every day in New York City.
On the 21st, there were 5 organized large-scale demonstrations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and other districts.
In Atlanta, hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the Georgia State Assembly on the 20th to mourn the unfortunate people killed in the shooting and call for an end to discrimination and injustice against Asians.
At least 4 demonstrations were held in Boston, Massachusetts on the 20th and 21st.
From Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, to Dallas, Texas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, to Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose and other places in California, the United States is from south to north and east To the west, there were waves of Chinese demonstrations one after another.
So far, there have been no reports of violence in all demonstrations.
It is worth noting that this round of Asian demonstrations has been supported by different ethnic minorities such as African Americans and Latinos.
The theme of the demonstration in Union Square on the 21st was "African and Asian Americans are united."
Prior to this, at a mourning rally for the victims of the Atlanta shooting on the afternoon of the 19th, representatives of the African and Muslim communities in New York City also spoke out in support of Asians.
On the 21st, the African-American woman Rosandi Valdez held a slogan "Stop hating Asians" and chanted slogans with other citizens in Union Square. "I feel obligated to come forward with Asian partners." She told a reporter from China News Agency that although she is not Asian, racial discrimination does not only affect a certain person or a certain group, but "threatens all of us." ". (Finish)