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Chasing Life

Asian Americans are Americans, Too

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

A disturbing spate of recent attacks on Asian Americans is the latest reminder of the bigotry this community has faced throughout the pandemic. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks about the history of discrimination against the Asian American Pacific Islander community, and what can be done now to address it.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did you have any questions for me or anything?

0:04.0

You can call that number or if you have younger people who are more tech savvy, they can also

0:07.8

request us via the website, okay?

0:11.4

Jacob Azaveto spent last weekend in Oakland, California's Chinatown.

0:15.8

Do you know anyone who walks a little out or is offering our support to the community?

0:19.9

But he wasn't celebrating the Lunar New Year.

0:22.6

He was leading a group of volunteers he'd organized through social media to shaperone

0:27.2

Asian Americans who might be afraid to go out alone.

0:31.2

Anyone who just doesn't want to be alone will send a group of like two to three people,

0:34.8

just to keep them company.

0:36.8

Why?

0:38.4

Well because of a disturbing new spate of violent attacks on members of the Asian American

0:43.3

community.

0:44.3

Workers who want to like, you know, want to walk them to their car, wait for their bus,

0:48.0

they can contact us via this phone number or the website here.

0:51.1

Last month in Oakland's Chinatown, a man violently shoved three unsuspecting people.

0:57.0

Injuring a 91 year old man, a 60 year old man, and a 55 year old woman.

1:02.8

In San Jose, a 64 year old woman was robbed of more than $1,000 outside of Vietnamese

1:08.2

market.

1:09.5

On February 3rd, a 61 year old Filipino man was slashed in the face with a box cutter

1:15.4

on the New York City subway.

1:17.4

In Portland, more than a dozen Asian-owned businesses had been vandalized in the last

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