{"id":5659,"date":"2020-03-26T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/chang\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2020-03-26T15:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:13:44","slug":"ag-nessel-legislators-call-for-respect-of-asian-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/chang\/2020\/03\/26\/ag-nessel-legislators-call-for-respect-of-asian-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Nessel, Legislators Call for Respect of Asian Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING \u2014 Today, Sen.\u00a0<strong>Stephanie Chang<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Detroit) was joined by Attorney General\u00a0<strong>Dana Nessel<\/strong>, Rep.\u00a0<strong>Padma Kuppa<\/strong> (D-Troy) and Asian American groups across the state in calling for respectful dialogue toward Asian Americans and advising against behaviors that could qualify as hate crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe murder of Vincent Chin still haunts many Asian Americans nearly 40 years later,\u201d Sen. Chang said. \u201cA virus is a virus. It does not have an ethnicity. I will not stand by and watch my fellow Asian Americans be harassed or worry they could become the next Vincent Chin. That\u2019s why I want our residents to know that we are listening, we stand with you, and we must all work together to combat the pandemic and hate at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian Americans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2020\/03\/24\/asian-americans-endure-outbreak-bigotry-hamtramck-detroit\/2901958001\/\">have been inappropriately blamed and targeted during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, with increasing reports of insults and assaults nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe should be fighting the pandemic, not each other. Any violence \u2014 through thought, word, or deed \u2014 targeting any particular group is unacceptable. Instead of fighting or disparaging our neighbors, we should step up to help each other. Fear, ignorance, and violence will not make this virus go away,\u201d Rep. Kuppa said. \u201cAs an Asian American immigrant, I have been advocating for people to build relationships across cultural and ethnic differences for decades. Developing partnerships is important now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Dana Nessel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/ag\/0,4534,7-359-82917_92147---,00.html\">launched a Hate Crimes Unit a year ago<\/a>, and recently issued a reminder that hatred, violence, and discrimination would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI established the Hate Crimes Unit in my office to prosecute those who target victims based on who they are,\u201d Attorney General Nessel said. \u201cInfectious viruses have no nationality. I\u2019m disturbed by nationwide reports of violence against the Asian American community. I can assure you we won\u2019t tolerate that in Michigan during this outbreak or anytime. My Hate Crimes Unit stands ready to accept complaints and prosecute individuals that choose to act divisively in this time where we should be standing together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a victim of a hate crime or have credible information about a hate crime, please contact the Department of Attorney General at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:HateCrimes@michigan.gov\">HateCrimes@michigan.gov<\/a>&nbsp;or call 313-456-0200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Speakers on the press call this morning included:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General\u00a0<strong>Dana Nessel<\/strong><br \/>Sen.\u00a0<strong>Stephanie Chang\u00a0<\/strong>(D-Detroit)<br \/>Rep.<strong>\u00a0Padma Kuppa<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Troy)<br \/><strong>Richard Mui<\/strong>, Asian and Pacific Islander Vote Michigan<br \/><strong>Roland Hwang<\/strong>, Association of Chinese Americans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Other participating groups on the call were:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission<br \/>Chinese Association of Greater Detroit\u00a0<br \/>Eastern Michigan University \u2014 Healthy Asian Americans Project<br \/>Michigan Chinese American Coalition<br \/>Michigan Chinese Conservatives Alliance<br \/>National Association of Asian American Professionals<br \/>North American Chinese Coalition<br \/>Rising Voices of Asian American Families<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING \u2014 Today, Sen.\u00a0Stephanie Chang\u00a0(D-Detroit) was joined by Attorney General\u00a0Dana Nessel, Rep.\u00a0Padma Kuppa (D-Troy) and Asian American groups across the state in calling for respectful dialogue toward Asian Americans and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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