Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim appeared on CNN on the 17th (local time) and talked about her experiences of Asian racial discrimination. CNN broadcast capture
Korean actor Daniel Dae-Hyun (Kim Dae-hyun), who appeared in the American drama’Lost’ and is familiar with Korea, revealed that his younger sister was also victim of racial discrimination and appealed that he should stop hate crimes in the United States against Asians.
Actors Gwyneth Feltrow, Anne Hathaway, Elliott Page, and other American entertainment stars such as singer Liana and Ariana Grande are also joining the campaign against discrimination from Asian countries. Of the eight people killed in the serial shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, US, six people, including four Koreans, were identified as Asian, weighing on the possibility of Asian hate crimes.
Kim appeared on CNN’s’Quomo Prime Time’ on the 17th (local time) and explained about the hate crime accident that her sister suffered in 2015. He said, “While my sister was running near the house in 2015, a man drove up and shouted to go to the sidewalk instead of the shoulder,” he said. “Even though the younger brother went to India, the man hit her sister from behind by car. “The younger brother said to the man,’Are you hitting me?’ But the man reversed the car again and knocked down the younger sister who was trying to avoid the seat by car.”
Kim pointed out that the investigators in charge of his brother’s case at the time did not recognize it as a hate crime. “Even though the perpetrator had a history of assaulting other Asian women, the perpetrator was only charged with violent driving.”
Kim also attended the shooting hearing hearing held at the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the 18th. At this meeting, he emphasized solidarity, saying, “There are moments in the history of a country that show an indelible process to go to the future, and for Asian Americans, that moment is right now.” did. According to the count of “Stop AAPI (Asia-Pacific) Hat,” an Asian hate crime reporting site, 3,795 cases of hate damage from Asian origin last year.
Korean-American actor Sandra Oh posted on social media’Stop Asian hatred’.
An image of American actor Anne Hathaway’s’Stop Asian hatred’ posted on social media.
Asian actors are either directly contemplating countermeasures or seeking alternatives. Korean actor Sandra Oh, the first Asian actor to receive two Golden Globe Acting Awards, said, “A lot of people have asked what role they can do to end violence and hatred against Asian Americans.” We introduced organizations and organizations that are working to end racism. Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu, who was the first Asian to play the role of’Shang Qi’, a Marvel movie superhero, predicted that “we will take concrete steps for the families of the victims and related organizations that support the Asian community.”
A post by actor Gwyneth Feltro on social media asking’Stop Asian hatred’.
A photo of a protest against misogyny, posted on social media by American pop star Liana, and an article saying’Stop Asian hatred’.
More and more stars are participating in the solidarity movement’#StopAsianHate’. Just as the black human rights movement “Black Lives Matter (black lives are also precious)” was triggered by the death of black George Floyd by white police last year.After the corona 19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asians continued to protect Asian human rights. Appeals are popping up everywhere.
Singer Madonna posted on social media, “Hate is a virus. Stop Asian hatred,” and Feltro wrote, “Asian Americans have made this country a better country. We love you.” Actress Florence Pew strongly criticized the Atlanta shootings, saying that “Asian women were targeted, which is white supremacy and a hunt aimed at Asians.”
Reporters Kim So-yeon and Yang Seung-jun
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