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Thanks so much. This is our Body Politic.

I'm the creator and host, Farai, Chidea.

On this week's show, I go over the latest about the legal system for juveniles

and talk with data scientists about their unique survey of young people of color.

First, my next guest is leading the congressional response to

anti-Asian hate crimes. Senator Maisie Hirono serves the state of Hawaii. Her family immigrated

to the Aloha state from Japan when she was a little girl. She talks about it in her new memoir,

Heart of Fire, an immigrant daughter's story. In a rare

bipartisan vote, her bill to address hate crimes against Asian American Pacific Islanders

recently passed in the Senate. Welcome, Senator Hirono. It's good to be with you, FRI.

Let's start with your origin story, like any superhero you have one, and it's a

tough one, you know. Tell us about your early childhood and also what your mother was going through

at the time. I was born in a prefecture in Japan, and at the age of three, I went to live with my grandparents,

my maternal grandparents, because I had an injury and my mother wanted me to get the care

necessary and that would be through where my grandparents live, not where my own mother lived.

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