In the wake of the horrific murder of eight people in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 16, GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic wants to express its solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities that are feeling threatened by rising anti-Asian sentiments in our country.<\/p>\n
Six of the eight victims were Asian American women, a fact that cannot be ignored considering the drastic increases in anti-Asian American hate crimes and violence against women since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This wave of racism and domestic violence is being driven by pervasive systems of white supremacy and misogyny, including the explicit use of anti-Asian language by the former President and others in reference to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Sadly, this is not the first time that Asian American communities have been scapegoated in the United States. There is a long history of anti-Asian racism, reaching back to the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese internment camps, which we as a country must reckon with.<\/p>\n
GRID Mid-Atlantic remains firmly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we will continue to strive to better ourselves as an anti-racist organization. We ask our supporters and partners to make the same commitments, because racism cannot be fought alone. We need to stand together and say with one voice, \u201canti-Asian hate has no place here.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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