Following Trump’s presidency and time in office, his ignorant comments towards the country of China due to COVID-19 taking over America resulted in many of his followers placing the blame on Asian people. The hate that Asians have received specifically in the past year has been at an all-time high, which is a major issue for the constant fight for inclusion.
Many anti-hate rallies, PSA’s, and social media posts have been done to help stop the hate for the Asian community in America. A Bay Area Filmmaker recently released an intense PSA to demand the hate to stop and help spread awareness to others as all human beings are and should be treated as equal. The idea of race is something that was created to socially place people with one another, and no race should be treated as less significant than the other and unfortunately, it continues to be done.
My team is completing extensive research in order to try and bring more attention to the need for diversity and inclusion. The issue needs to be resolved somewhere and for any type of success to happen, action needs to be taken locally before nationally. We are attempting to organize a zoom call to bring together people to speak face to face about their struggles, lifestyle, and overall just explain to one another who they are. These efforts are to try and show one another that just because one may appear to look different, they could have been raised or have the same lifestyle as another human being.
Education is the most important tactic that needs to be utilized in our project and I believe this PSA is an excellent example. We had ideas to begin the zoom by showing a short video explaining the issue as well as educating the audience on how everyone deserves to be treated equally. Using personal experiences, emotional appeal, and real-life footage are all tactics that this anti-hate PSA utilized and that I believe my team also needs to use in order for any type of success to come from our campaign.
It only takes one person to have the courage to speak out, and when everyone feels they have a platform to use their voice in a positive way, inclusion can be fulfilled nationally along with locally. Hopefully, our efforts of bringing Centre County together by educating them through an open discussion will be successful by taking examples like this PSA.