Chinanews.com, March 29. According to the US "World Journal" report, with the frequent occurrence of hate crimes involving Asian victims, the Chinatown Block Watch in Manhattan, New York, USA called for more people to join.
After the implementation of the Home Epidemic Prevention Order in New York State in 2020, due to the increase in cases of discrimination against Asians caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, a group of Chinese community residents wearing bright orange vests began to spontaneously patrol the community to protect people's safety.
"If there is any form of personal attack, we will try to downgrade the situation or intervene; if there is verbal abuse, we will try to resolve it," said Karlin Chan, the initiator of the Chinatown Street Patrol.
Chen Jialing said that there are many struggling immigrant families in Chinatown. “People have a lot of stereotypes about Chinese and Asian Americans. We have a lot of money and are very successful. But the fact is that a quarter of Asians live in poverty. Living below the poverty line of the city."
Ben Wolf, who lives in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, decided to join the organization after seeing the organization on social media. “A new face can mean that someone really cares about this. I think this is the best I can do. Good thing."
Chen Jialing said that Chinatown is recovering, and about 70% of the small businesses that have survived have reopened.
There are younger generations and older generations, all of whom are watching the communities they love.
(Zhang Chen)