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Last year, I wrote about Esther Lim who was so worried about older Asians in LA getting attacked during the pandemic, she created booklets for them in Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
After recent violence in the Bay area, she's added Thai & Vietnamese. https://www.flipsnack.com/essyli/how-to-report-a-hate-crime-in-sf-thai-english.html
After recent violence in the Bay area, she's added Thai & Vietnamese. https://www.flipsnack.com/essyli/how-to-report-a-hate-crime-in-sf-thai-english.html
Here's the link to all the printable booklets on how to report a hate crime in Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. https://linktr.ee/essyli
More from @NBCAsianAmerica on the recent spate of robberies & assaults on elderly Asians, the tension between justice & concerns over more policing & why some people have swapped out their profile pics for an illustration of this man by an LA artist. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/string-attacks-against-older-asians-leaves-big-city-chinatowns-edge-n1257157?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Esther says in the coming days she'll be putting out booklets in Spanish and English. She says she hasn't lost sight of reports that Black people are targeted in hate crimes more than other groups. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-23/hate-crimes-orange-county
The title is about reporting hate crimes (which can be very difficult to charge & prosecute) but the booklets themselves also contain useful prevention tips and sayings for monolingual elders to learn in English or to point to
Not everyone will feel comfortable contacting police. The booklets list alternatives:
Did I mention that Esther Lim works in fashion - surf apparel to be exact - and schooled herself in graphic design & leaned on friends & fam for translations? You can read on @LAist how she came to take on this passion project https://laist.com/2020/10/08/trump-coronavirus-racist-asian-american-women-la-fight-back.php
