'The next time you wash your hands, wash out the hate that you may have for your fellow Americans. Hate will get you sick, even if the virus doesn't.'
The campaign launched on Wednesday and features videos from Asian American artists, influencers and leaders washing their hands and sharing their stories about the pandemic’s impact within their communities.As a partner of the campaign, Ma, a Chinese American actor who starred in"The Farewell" and"Mulan," posted his video on Wednesday.
Celia Au experienced similar harassment across the country from Ma. The Chinese American filmmaker and actress posted a video on her Twitter page of a man on the New York City subway yelling and spraying air freshener at an Asian man.Incidents like the ones Ma and Au experienced inspired Telly Wong, the chief content officer at IW Group, to take action.
Au partnered with the campaign after seeing the surge of attacks on Asian Americans, many of whom were her friends. "I'm embarrassed to say but out of fear I lied . He continued to guess what's my background was so I just said I'm Vietnamese so he can get off my case. I know this is not okay but I just wanted to avoid any trouble. This is the world we live in right now," her post read.
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