Yesterday I participated w/3,000 others in a Bystander Intervention training for discrimination & violence against the AAPI community. Hours earlier in broad daylight in NYC an Asian woman was brutally beaten outside an apt bldg. 2 security guards watched w/o intervening.
The video is nauseating. The assailant who commits this awful act of violence is unrelenting. The two security guards literally close the door to the building. I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society.
The perpetrator must be caught and face legal consequences. But the bystanders...I understand these guards have been “suspended” from their work at the building. This must become a moment for teaching & dialogue and change. What are our obligations to each other as human beings?
We must discuss this openly. With young ppl. With adults. In community groups & churches. In schools & on street corners. In barber shops & beauty salons. We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?
I am grateful to @iHollaback & @AAAJ_AAJC for the excellent training yesterday which provided real strategies for intervention. I pray for the recovery of the victim of this attack & I stand in solidarity with the AAPI community at this difficult time.
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