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Sandra Oh gave a passionate speech at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 20. The Pittsburgh event was one of the dozens of rallies organized to support and protect the AAPI community across major cities nationwide over the weekend.
A recent report from Stop AAPI Hate found nearly 3,800 documented cases of anti-Asian hate between March 2020 & February 2021. On March 16, a 21-year-old suspected gunman killed 8 people at 3 Atlanta-area spa businesses. 6 of his victims were Asian women.
'For many of us in our community, this is the first time we are even able to voice our fear and our anger, and I really am so grateful for everyone willing to listen,” Oh said to the gathered crowd.
She continued, 'One thing that I know, many of us in our community are very scared, and I understand that. And one way to kind of go through and get through our fear is to reach out to our communities.'

'I am proud to be Asian!' Oh concluded her remarks. 'I belong here!'

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