Last year I had to organize a town hall after an Asian-American constituent of mine was attacked and beaten on the run by people who felt empowered by the fact that the President of the United States was using racist terms to describe COVID.
Casten highlights the rise in anti-Asian violence linked to racist rhetoric during the COVID pandemic.
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