For today's Barbershop Talk, Leo and I talk about his experience attending the Rally Against Hate In NY, where over 10,000 attendees came out to protest.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Rally being packed (over 10,000 people came out)
- What the atmosphere was like at the rally
- Rally provided a morale boost to the people
- Seeing influential Asian Americans present at the rally
- How someone punched a mother in the face on the way to the rally
- Being able to see different perspectives
- Addressing the issue with the older generation Asian Americans who are racist
- Shaun King posting about anti-Asian hate
- Have you seen other Asians attacking elders unprovoked?
- Imagining all of the other attacks that haven't been reported or caught on video
- Having non-Asian friends checking up on you
- What kind of solutions are being created to combat the violence against Asian Americans
- Drawing parallels from Warrior show to today's climate
- 75-year-old Grandma who fought back against her attacker in San Francisco
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