500 Black and Asian Community Members Rally in Oakland as Holiday Weekend Sees Wave of Attacks
Members of Black and Asian communities convened on Saturday in Oakland, CA to rally against recent anti-Asian attacks, especially those in the Bay Area. What happened: During the rally, various speakers discussed the importance of solidarity among Black and Asian communities.
More than 500 people showed up at Madison Park, according to NBC Bay Area.
Some attendees mentioned the incidents their friends and family members have faced, from being spit on to being robbed.
Leaders in the Black community addressed the stereotype that members of Oakland's Black community are specifically attacking Asian Americans, especially the elderly.
Julia Liou of the Oakland Chinatown Coalition claimed that now is "a time to come to unity in this moment, because we do need to work together to address what needs to be the long term, community-centered solutions."
Many of them were from Asian community organizations such as the Oakland Chinatown Coalition and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network.
A few attendees brought signs with messages such as, “Asian Americans save lives as your doctors, nurses, grocers, farmers and teachers — we are not the enemy," and, “We stand with our neighbors — end white supremacy.”
Some attendees also wore T-shirts that said, “Black-Asian unity.”
Sine Hwang Jensen, a Berkeley resident and one of the protest's many attendees, was "very inspired by the solidarity being shown by the communities of color."
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