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  • It's scary just to be an Asian American woman anywhere in the U.

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  • Out of shock, a lot of anger, pain, getting tired of seeing the same news on the headline We got their week.

  • It's heartbreaking.

  • And yet it's not a surprise.

  • This kind of hate towards Asian Americans has been building for years.

  • It's still really hard for you to see that people just like to heat and racism and illogical discrimination, takeover and groups such me.

  • I am angry at the excuses made for a white supremacist who murdered our siblings and the inability of this country decided that slaughter of six Asian woman was racially motivated.

  • I'm here tonight because I've always been told to stay style and showing up here.

  • Tonight was my way of speaking up were brought up to be obedient, to be silent.

  • This is a time critical time to actually take a stand, have our voices heard.

  • It's really urgent to speak up, hold space for what happened, and, you know, I think there's so much work that we have to do to make sure that violence like this never happens again.

  • People will realize the kind of microaggressions and the deep societal issues that have arisen from, you know, things like that invitation and just blaming of the other.

  • And people need to take a deeper look at what's happening in their communities and holding something more accountable.

  • None of this is going to stop if you keep letting people just fly by because you're too afraid to encounter it.

It's scary just to be an Asian American woman anywhere in the U.

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