Davis Youth #StopAsianHate
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DAVIS YOUTH STOP ASIAN HATE FUNDS
As Coronavirus plagued our lives in 2020 so did many other viruses.
Hate, anger, and violence have quickly spread throughout our Asian-American communities across the country due to incorrect information, ignorance, and racism. These atrocious crimes range from microaggressions to even murder and our community will not stand for it! Please help us support our Asian-American and Pacific Island citizens by educating, informing, and bringing about awareness of the problem. We are not a virus and we should not be treated as such! Help to create a brighter future for all of our students, no matter what race, gender, sexuality, religion, or background they come from.
Stop Asian Hate: Together, We Can Make a Difference
Please share this around with as many friends as possible. Together we will stand!
START DATE: 5/31/21 (May 31, 2021)
END DATE: 9/20/21 (Sept. 20, 2021)
>> 50% of our funds will go to the official #StopAsianHate AAPI Community Fund
>> 50% will be put towards our local schools' Asian cultural education for our students to learn about the importance of AAPI culture and heritage.
Due to legal reasons, this gofundme cannot be directly correlated to the school, but I promise that all of the proceeds will be used for soley educational and enrichment purposes for cultural learning in our local area.
STUDENT STORY
Hi, my name is Jacqueline Choi and I am a current sophomore at Davis Senior Highschool in Davis, CA. I created this fundraiser to stand up for what I believe is right because no one should ever have to experience the treatment that Asian-Americans are facing right now.
As an Asian-American teen, I've always known that I was different, despite the fact that I was born and raised in the United States. In school, kids would ask me questions like where I was "really from", which always confused me since I was born in California. However, as time went on, I realized the meaning behind what they were asking and I would simply say that my parents were from South Korea, which more often than not would simply raise more questions. This in itself is harmless enough. They were simply young children who didn't know a lot about Asian culture and that was okay with me, but where things started to go wrong was when people began to make assumptions, purely based on the fact that I was Asian.
Now, I won't go into the details because, in truth, my experience with any kind of racial criticism is quite bland, standard even because Asian stereotyping is just so "acceptable" in our society. Our stereotypes, although seemingly harmless in comparison to those of many other minorities in the United States, are not quite as kind as they let on. Rather, it is more of a quiet killer, the odorless poison that makes its way into our society's cup. For generations, Asian-Americans have been used, enslaved, imprisoned, and taken for granted. Our struggles and needs, disregarded by society because our kind apparently doesn't need to help. The "model minority" idea which blinds so many people from the truth of the Asian community.
Often, Asian-Americans who suffer from discrimination simply don't vocalize their pain because our culture discourages us from drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves. It's not that we don't face adversary, but rather we hide it so that it isn't obviously noticeable by society, a problem that has left this cycle of racism unresolved for generations. This has become especially apparent within the past year, as resentment towards the Asian-American community has escalated, resulting from the racial negativity and ignorance perpetuated by many aspects of our society.
As a Korean-American, it scares me to see the horrible things that people of my cultural background are being put through. Every time I see the news, videos of people with my skin color are bashed, thrown at, spit at, and cursed at for no logical reason. People just like me, my friends, and my family, wrongfully harmed and sometimes even killed purely because of the way that they look. It’s horrifying! For the past year, I have had nothing but anxiety for my grandparents who live in a city that seems to be thick with such crimes, and I am sick of it!
Even though I am only 16, I have experienced, seen, and heard my fair share of racist comments and remarks. And whether it be the typical slanty eye taunt or a spit at the face I have always kept my mouth shut. I’ve learned to deal with it and just move on with my life because things like that “won’t hurt me”. But in recent times, it has hurt. Not just me but lots of people. People who have just as much right to be American citizens as anyone else. So, even if I did not fight for myself before, I want to stand for my friends and loved ones who deserve to live in a world that does not see them as a virus. No one is a virus.
- Jacqueline A. Choi
*Artwork credit goes to Anna Rogacheva
Hate Is A Virus portrait illustrated rogacheva_illustration
@ROGACHEVA_ILLUSTRATION
As Coronavirus plagued our lives in 2020 so did many other viruses.
Hate, anger, and violence have quickly spread throughout our Asian-American communities across the country due to incorrect information, ignorance, and racism. These atrocious crimes range from microaggressions to even murder and our community will not stand for it! Please help us support our Asian-American and Pacific Island citizens by educating, informing, and bringing about awareness of the problem. We are not a virus and we should not be treated as such! Help to create a brighter future for all of our students, no matter what race, gender, sexuality, religion, or background they come from.
Stop Asian Hate: Together, We Can Make a Difference
Please share this around with as many friends as possible. Together we will stand!
START DATE: 5/31/21 (May 31, 2021)
END DATE: 9/20/21 (Sept. 20, 2021)
>> 50% of our funds will go to the official #StopAsianHate AAPI Community Fund
>> 50% will be put towards our local schools' Asian cultural education for our students to learn about the importance of AAPI culture and heritage.
Due to legal reasons, this gofundme cannot be directly correlated to the school, but I promise that all of the proceeds will be used for soley educational and enrichment purposes for cultural learning in our local area.
STUDENT STORY
Hi, my name is Jacqueline Choi and I am a current sophomore at Davis Senior Highschool in Davis, CA. I created this fundraiser to stand up for what I believe is right because no one should ever have to experience the treatment that Asian-Americans are facing right now.
As an Asian-American teen, I've always known that I was different, despite the fact that I was born and raised in the United States. In school, kids would ask me questions like where I was "really from", which always confused me since I was born in California. However, as time went on, I realized the meaning behind what they were asking and I would simply say that my parents were from South Korea, which more often than not would simply raise more questions. This in itself is harmless enough. They were simply young children who didn't know a lot about Asian culture and that was okay with me, but where things started to go wrong was when people began to make assumptions, purely based on the fact that I was Asian.
Now, I won't go into the details because, in truth, my experience with any kind of racial criticism is quite bland, standard even because Asian stereotyping is just so "acceptable" in our society. Our stereotypes, although seemingly harmless in comparison to those of many other minorities in the United States, are not quite as kind as they let on. Rather, it is more of a quiet killer, the odorless poison that makes its way into our society's cup. For generations, Asian-Americans have been used, enslaved, imprisoned, and taken for granted. Our struggles and needs, disregarded by society because our kind apparently doesn't need to help. The "model minority" idea which blinds so many people from the truth of the Asian community.
Often, Asian-Americans who suffer from discrimination simply don't vocalize their pain because our culture discourages us from drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves. It's not that we don't face adversary, but rather we hide it so that it isn't obviously noticeable by society, a problem that has left this cycle of racism unresolved for generations. This has become especially apparent within the past year, as resentment towards the Asian-American community has escalated, resulting from the racial negativity and ignorance perpetuated by many aspects of our society.
As a Korean-American, it scares me to see the horrible things that people of my cultural background are being put through. Every time I see the news, videos of people with my skin color are bashed, thrown at, spit at, and cursed at for no logical reason. People just like me, my friends, and my family, wrongfully harmed and sometimes even killed purely because of the way that they look. It’s horrifying! For the past year, I have had nothing but anxiety for my grandparents who live in a city that seems to be thick with such crimes, and I am sick of it!
Even though I am only 16, I have experienced, seen, and heard my fair share of racist comments and remarks. And whether it be the typical slanty eye taunt or a spit at the face I have always kept my mouth shut. I’ve learned to deal with it and just move on with my life because things like that “won’t hurt me”. But in recent times, it has hurt. Not just me but lots of people. People who have just as much right to be American citizens as anyone else. So, even if I did not fight for myself before, I want to stand for my friends and loved ones who deserve to live in a world that does not see them as a virus. No one is a virus.
- Jacqueline A. Choi
*Artwork credit goes to Anna Rogacheva
Hate Is A Virus portrait illustrated rogacheva_illustration
@ROGACHEVA_ILLUSTRATION
Organizer and beneficiary
Jacqueline Choi
Organizer
Davis, CA
Jae Choi
Beneficiary