President Biden's executive order condemning anti-Asian American racism amid COVID-19 pandemic applauded by local groups
CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Biden signed an executive order Tuesday condemning the wave of racism toward the Asian American Pacific Islander community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "There's been real damage done by the previous administration around the way they talk about COVID-19 in relation to the Asian community, people have gotten hurt," said Andy Kang, the executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, which hosts bystander intervention training to combat the rise of hate crimes and harassment of Asian Americans. Biden's executive order condemns the wave of raci...
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