There are no shortcuts to a deep and sustainable cure, Wu said. Progress requires investment in neighborhoods; increase access to education, housing and food; and having “difficult and honest conversations”.
However, she said: “It has been really encouraging, in a sense, to see the level of solidarity and the amount of support, not only from our own communities in the city and across the bay, but also from the black and brown communities” .
Younger activists took advantage of social media to raise awareness and circulate calls for action, including fundraising and voluntary initiatives.
Eda Yu, 25, a half Chinese and half Indonesian writer and journalist, and her partner, Myles Thompson, a black designer, saw the news of the attacks and acknowledged the strong emotions they aroused. The couple, she said, “wanted to come together and create a project that had roots in solidarity.”
They made a slideshow on Instagram that they hoped would serve as a protest piece of art and a resource for those who want to help.
The first image, said Yu, should look like a poster.
“Please! Protect our elders,” he says. “Support our Chinatowns. Support our communities.”
The rest includes an incident schedule and a list of community organizations working in Asian communities in the bay area. They listed each organization’s website and created a GoFundMe to donate to all organizations at once; they would share the money and one of their employers said they would match the contributions. The initial goal was to raise US $ 5,000. In two days, they raised $ 50,000.