“These are just the most egregious examples of what our community has faced this year,On a daily basis, from Costco to the pharmacy to just walking in the streets, people in our community have been told to go back to their country, blamed for causing the virus, spat on and called racial slurs. These are not a series of isolated cases, they are part of a larger system and larger culture that allows these attitudes to persist.

“There’s a lot of love in the community. In a few short days, the Black community, the Indigenous community, and Muslim and the LGBTQ community, along with the Asian community, banned together”

“A lot of people are just silent and not aware of how serious the problem is,And most concerning, there is a trend.”