‘Racist, verbal and physical assaults have left my community fearful to step outside’: Olivia Munn makes an impassioned plea to ‘stop Asian hate’ and says ‘we need help to feel safe’
Olivia Munn has made an impassioned plea to ‘stop Asian hate’ after mounting ‘racist, verbal and physical assaults have left [her] community fearful to step outside’.
The actress, 40, said ‘we need help to feel safe in our country’ as she shared an open letter via her social media accounts on Tuesday.
In a lengthy statement, the X-Men Apocalypse star made a plea for Americans to be aware of the issue and help curb the rising number of hate crimes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while detailing incidents of violence against Asian Americans.
The biracial star’s mother is from Vietnam and is of Chinese descent and her father is of German, Irish and English ancestry.
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Concerned: Olivia Munn has made an impassioned plea to ‘stop Asian hate’ after mounting ‘racist, verbal and physical assaults have left [her] community fearful to step outside’
‘Over the past few days I’ve found myself at a loss for words at the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes,’ she began in the post she shared on Twitter and Instagram.
‘The racist, verbal and physical assaults have left my community fearful to step outside.’
The actress went on to declare the spike in hate crimes against Asian American since the coronavirus crisis has happened, despite the community’s persistence in asking for more media coverage.
The Newsroom star and former television news journalist offered a number of instances of violence against Asian Americans in recent weeks.
Taking a stance: Munn maintained, ‘The racist, verbal and physical assaults have left my community fearful to step outside,’ in her lengthy letter she posted on Twitter and Instagram
‘Hate crimes against Asian American have become so bad that in just the past week a 91-year-old Asian American man was attacked from behind as he walked down the street in Oakland,’ Olivia explained.
She also shared about ‘an 84-year-old Thai American was murdered in San Francisco, a 64-year-old Vietnamese American woman was assaulted in San Jose, and a Filipino American man was slashed in the face in Manhattan.’
As she wound down her plea for help and support, she declared: ‘To simply exist as a minority in this country is seen as a protest to some.’
Olivia went on to make a plea to her more than 3.5 million social media fans and followers to get involved in the cause and solution.
‘We need help amplifying the outrage; We need help to feel safe in our country; We need help to be safe in our country.’
Be apart of the solution: ‘We need help amplifying the outrage; We need help to feel safe in our country; We need help to be safe in our country,’ wrote Munn; she’s pictured in Feb. 2020
She signed the letter: ‘With love, Olivia Munn, proud Asian American.’
In the past, Olivia has revealed she had been deemed unsuitable for roles for Caucasian and Asian women because she is mixed race.
‘I’d go out for so many auditions, for everything. And then I’d be told, “You’re too Asian,” or, “You’re too white,” she told the Prestige Hong Kong magazine, as reported by AZ Central.
‘I remember someone telling me, “Don’t feel bad. One day they won’t be trying to match you to fit with anyone else. You’ll just be hired for you.” So you can’t help but get frustrated.’