China News Agency, Beijing, April 24th (Jin Xu) In the face of the surge in hate crimes and xenophobia against Asian Americans in the United States, the Committee of 100 recently launched an initiative to claim that hate and violent acts against Asians are absolutely absolute. It cannot be tolerated. All sectors of American society need to unite and act together to end the hatred of Asians.
The initiative pointed out that during the new crown epidemic, Asians and others also faced various problems such as unemployment, insufficient food supply, unstable housing, and forced closure of small local companies. However, fear and misinformation fueled the arrogance of hatred and violence. The situation of the descendants is even more difficult.
The initiative put forward several calls, including calling on elected officials and members of Congress to condemn all anti-Asian racism and prejudice; calling on the establishment of a task force to investigate and combat violence against Asian and Pacific Island Americans; calling on the government Provide funds, carry out education, training and community outreach services to solve problems caused by various incidents and criminal acts caused by prejudice; call for combating misinformation and cyber extremism, and reduce hate behavior; call for all ethnic groups to unite and work together Explore practical ways of cooperation and unite to create a safer, better, and more ideal America.
The Council of Hundreds is composed of influential and well-known Chinese in American society. It is committed to promoting the full participation and integration of Chinese into American social life. It has published a comprehensive research report "From Basics to Frontiers: Chinese Contributions to the United States".
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