Los Angeles Times | Community meeting held to shed light on racism stemming from coronavirus

By Ben Brazil

A group of community activists streamed a multicultural press conference to the public on Tuesday to address the local impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the Asian, Latino and immigrant communities of Orange County.

Speaking in English, Vietnamese and Spanish, the speakers largely focused on the animus currently directed toward the Asian community due to the coronavirus, specifically highlighting a recent incident where two Garden Grove high school students ridiculed Asian American students.

“We decided to come together from Vietnamese, Latinx and immigrant communities to stand against the increase of racism against Asian communities, and xenophobia against immigrant communities that has risen because of this virus,” said Tracy La, executive director of local activist group VietRISE. “We are also here to share and remind each other of our resiliency and what happens when we take care of one another.”