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- Welcome to "See Us Unite For Change."
Hi, everybody. I am Ken Jeong,
and tonight is all about celebrating our incredible
Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
We are 23 million Americans strong
living all across this country
with roots in 50 different ethnic groups
speaking over 100 different languages.
We are a giant mosaic of experiences.
And right now we are facing one of the most heartbreaking
and challenging times in our collective history.
The recent rise in violence against the AAPI community,
including the senseless killings in Atlanta,
has left us angry and fearful.
But it's also left us empowered
and more determined than ever
to come together and take action.
Tonight we are exploring
everything that's led up to this crucial moment.
And we are also answering a very important question.
What can all Americans do to unite and stop the hate?
We'll hear from groundbreakers, journalists,
policy makers, activists,
and some of our favorite celebrities.
And we will also introduce you to a new organization,
the Asian American Foundation, which is serving
Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders
in the pursuit of belonging and prosperity
free from discrimination, slander, and violence.
And as for me, I am dedicating this special
for that little kid watching right now
who's the only Asian-American at their school
and feels like they don't belong,
and I want to let that kid know that we see you,
this special is for you, because we are you.
And I apologize.
Sorry, I want be funny tonight.
I mean, why start now?
[laughter]
Okay, that was too much laughter in the back.
Tonight, we want to inspire, inform,
and celebrate the entire AAPI community.
And one great way to do that is to listen to people
with better singing voices than me.
So we've got performances by the Black Eyed Peas,
Mike Shinoda, Jhené Aiko, Chloe Flower, Saweetie,
and music legend Sting featuring Far East Movement.
But first, let us tell you who we are.
- I'm Viet Thanh Nguyen.
I'm Vietnamese-American, and I'm a writer.
- I am mixed-race Chinese. - I'm a Muslim-American.
- I'm Korean-American and African-American.
- I'm Japanese-American.
- My name is Kieu Chinh. I'm Vietnamese-American.
- I am a proud trans Filipina immigrant.
- I'm Nepali-American.
- I'm a first-generation Vietnamese-American.
- I'm Taiwanese-American.
- I'm South Asian-American.
- I'm a singer-songwriter from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- I am Japanese-Okinawan.
- I'm David Chang, and I am a Korean-American chef.
- I'm an author. I am a media producer.
- I'm Chinese-American. And I'm an actor.
- I'm a fashion designer.
- I'm a writer.
- I'm the founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply.
- I'm an impact entrepreneur.
- I'm president of the Bruce Lee Foundation,
and I'm the daughter of Bruce Lee.
- I was born in South Korea, and I grew up in New York City.
- I grew in New England.
- Grew up in a very
Italian-American neighborhood,
kind of like out of "The Sopranos."
- [laughs]
- I grew up in Hawaii, where being an Asian-American
is actually somewhat of a norm.
- Being an Asian-American adoptee
is definitely a unique experience.
- And I grew up in a Vietnamese refugee community.
- I grew up in housing projects
amongst Black and Brown communities.
- We escaped Khmer Rouge,
and then we were sponsored to America
by a Christian organization.
- The refugee community, they had lost everything,
and they rebuilt themselves.
They turned themselves into Americans.
That makes me proud.
- We grew up in New Jersey.
We were the only Blasian family in the neighborhood.
- There's so many of us.
We're so different from each other.
- There are hundreds of languages.
There are hundreds of cultures,
skin tones, religions.
- Celebrating individuality is American.
- This is the American way.
This is the American spirit.
- We are fundamentally American.
We are quintessentially American.
- We have collective memories and collective experiences,
but we also have collective hope,
because someone in our family
chose to make this country home
and chose to believe that America can and should be
as good as she says she is.
- We should be proud of who we are,
what we've made of ourselves in this country.
That's why it's an honor to be Asian-American.
[light music]
- Our celebration of our incredible diverse community
kicks off with these global superstars
known for blending international sounds
to produce hits that make the whole world dance,
and songs like "Bebot" and "The APL Song,"
that are both in Tagalog,
take these six-time Grammy Awards winners
to the next level across Asia.
Tonight they're spreading their message
of unity and love.
Here are the Black Eyes Peas.
- ♪ This is the rhythm, rhythm ♪
♪ Rhythm, rhythm ♪
- ♪ This is the rhythm, rhythm ♪
♪ Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm ♪
♪ This is the rhythm, rhythm, rhythm ♪
♪ Rhythm, rhythm of the night ♪
- ♪ Tonight's gonna be Bueno ♪ - ♪ Tonight ♪
- ♪ I'm talking no problem ♪ - ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ We party to the extremo, baby ♪
- ♪ This is the rhythm of the night ♪
- ♪ Baby, tonight's like fuego ♪
- ♪ The night ♪
- ♪ We 'bout to spend the dinero ♪
- ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ We party to the extremo, extremo, extremo ♪
♪ Extremo, extremo ♪
- ♪ Ritmo ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Come on, yeah ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Yo, huh ♪
♪ The rhythm, the rebel, styles upon styles upon styles ♪
♪ I got several, born to be wild ♪
♪ 'Cause I live like a daredevil ♪
♪ Live it up, hit 'em up, that's the scenario ♪
[together] ♪ 2Pac ♪
- ♪ I get around like a merry go ♪
[together] ♪ Rooftop ♪
- ♪ I am on top of the pedestal ♪
[together] ♪ Flu shot ♪
- ♪ I am so sick I need medical ♪
♪ I learned that down in Mexico ♪
- Hahahoo! - ♪ The rhythm, the rebel ♪
♪ New and improved, I be on a new level ♪
♪ That's how we do it, we building like LEGOs ♪
[together] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ - ♪ Fuel on the fire ♪
♪ You dealing with fuego ♪ [together] ♪ Can't stop ♪
- ♪ I am addicted, I never quit ♪
[together] ♪ Won't stop ♪
- ♪ Don't need to speak to no therapist ♪
[together] ♪ Don't stop ♪
- ♪ Keeping it moving's the narrative ♪
[together] ♪ Nonstop ♪
- ♪ Do it like whoomp, there it is ♪
- ♪ This is the rhythm, rhythm ♪
[percussive beats]
["Bebot" begins]
- ♪ Hey ♪
- ♪ Bebot, bebot ♪
- ♪ Yo ♪
- ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪
- ♪ Ikaw ang aking ♪
- ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪ - ♪ Ikaw ang aking ♪
[together] ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb, bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪ - ♪ Ikaw ay ♪
[together] ♪ Filipino ♪ - Come on.
- [singing in Tagalog]
♪ ♪
[together] ♪ Filipino ♪ - Come on.
- ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪ - ♪ Ikaw ang aking ♪
- ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪ - ♪ Ikaw ang aking ♪
[together] ♪ Bebot, bebot, beb, bebot, bebot, beb ♪
♪ Bebot, bebot, beb ♪ - ♪ Ikaw ay ♪
- ♪ Filipino, Filipino ♪ - ♪ Come on, come on ♪
- ♪ Filipino ♪ - ♪ Come on ♪
- ♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪
- ♪ Come on, come on ♪
- ♪ Come on ♪
- ♪ Check it out now ♪
[echoing] Now...now...now...
["The APL Song" begins]
- About to take y'all back home right now.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh, ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
♪ Ahh-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah ♪
♪ ♪
[both singing in Tagalog]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Listen up, yo, I got a story to tell ♪
♪ A version of my ghetto when life felt for real ♪
♪ Some would call it hell, but to me it was heaven ♪
♪ God gave me the ways amazing ways of living ♪
[together] ♪ How would you feel if you had to catch a meal ♪
♪ Build a hut to live to eat to chill and in ♪
- ♪ Having to pump the water ♪
[together] ♪ Out of the ground ♪
- ♪ The way we put it down utilizing what is around ♪
[together] ♪ Land for farm and river for fish ♪
- ♪ Everyone helping each other whenever they can ♪
♪ We're making it happen from nothing to something ♪
♪ That's how we be surviving back at home ♪
[both singing in Tagalog]
- Check it out now.
[both singing in Tagalog]
- Check it out now.
[both singing in Tagalog]
♪ ♪
["Where is the Love" begins]
- ♪ Hey ♪
- ♪ Ey ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ What's wrong with the world, mama? ♪
♪ People living like they ain't got no mamas ♪
♪ I think the whole world's addicted to the drama ♪
♪ Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma ♪
♪ Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism ♪
♪ But we still got terrorists here living ♪
[together] ♪ In the USA ♪
- ♪ The KKK ♪
♪ I can't believe they still hating Blacks today ♪
♪ 'Cause if you only have love for your own race ♪
♪ Then you only leave space to discriminate ♪
♪ And to discriminate only generates hate ♪
♪ And when you hate then you're bound to get irate ♪
[together] ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Madness is what you demonstrate ♪
♪ And that's exactly how anger works and operates ♪
♪ Man, you gotta have love and to set it straight ♪
♪ Take control of your mind ♪
both: ♪ And meditate ♪
- ♪ Let your soul gravitate to the love ♪
all: ♪ People killing, people dying ♪
♪ Children hurt, and you hear them crying ♪
♪ Can you practice what you preach? ♪
♪ And would you turn the other cheek? ♪
♪ Father, Father, Father, help us ♪
♪ Send some guidance from above ♪
♪ 'Cause people got me, got me questioning ♪
♪ Where is the love? - ♪ Yeah ♪
[together] ♪ Where is the love? ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
[together] ♪ Where is the love? ♪
♪ Where is the love, the love, the love? ♪
- ♪ It just ain't the same, old ways have changed ♪
♪ New days are strange, is the world insane? ♪
♪ If love and peace is so strong ♪
♪ Why are there pieces of love that don't belong? ♪
♪ Nations dropping bombs ♪
♪ Chemical gases filling lungs of little ones ♪
♪ With ongoing suffering as the youth die young ♪
all: ♪ So ask yourself ♪
- ♪ Is the loving really gone ♪ all: ♪ So I can ask myself ♪
- ♪ Really what is going wrong in this world that we ♪
all: ♪ Living in ♪ - ♪ People keep on ♪
all: ♪ Giving in ♪
- ♪ Making wrong decisions, only visions of them ♪
all: ♪ Dividends ♪
- ♪ Not respecting each other, you deny thy brother ♪
♪ War is going on, but the reason's undercover ♪
♪ Truth is kept secret, swept under the rug ♪
♪ And If you never know truth, you never know love ♪
♪ Where's the love, y'all? ♪ all: ♪ I don't know ♪
- ♪ Where's the truth, y'all? ♪
all: ♪ I don't know ♪ - ♪ Where's the love? ♪
all: ♪ People killing, people dying ♪
♪ Children hurt, and you hear them crying ♪
♪ Can you practice what you preach? ♪
♪ And would you turn the other cheek? ♪
♪ Father, Father, Father, help us ♪
♪ Send some guidance from above ♪
♪ 'Cause people got me, got me questioning ♪
♪ Where is the love? ♪
♪ Where is the love ♪
♪ Where is the love, the love, the love? ♪
- ♪ I feel the weight of the world on my ♪
all: ♪ Shoulder ♪
- ♪ As I'm getting older, y'all, people gets ♪
all: ♪ Colder ♪
- ♪ Most of us only care about ♪
all: ♪ Money making ♪
- ♪ Selfishness got us following ♪
all: ♪ The wrong direction ♪
- ♪ Wrong information always shown by the ♪
all: ♪ Media ♪
- ♪ Negative images is their main ♪
all: ♪ Criteria ♪
- ♪ Infecting the young minds faster than ♪
all: ♪ Bacteria ♪
- ♪ Kids want to act like what they see in the ♪
all: ♪ Cinemas ♪
- ♪ Whatever happened to the values of humanity? ♪
all: ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Whatever happened to the fairness and equality? ♪
all: ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Instead in spreading love ♪
♪ We're spreading animosity ♪
all: ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Lack of understanding ♪
♪ Leading us away from ♪ all: ♪ Unity ♪
- ♪ That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling ♪
all: ♪ Under ♪
- ♪ That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling ♪
all: ♪ Down ♪
- ♪ It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling ♪
all: ♪ Under ♪
- ♪ Gotta keep my faith alive till love is ♪
all: ♪ People killing, people dying ♪
♪ Children hurt, and you hear them crying ♪
♪ Can you practice what you preach? ♪
♪ And would you turn the other cheek? ♪
♪ Father, Father, Father, help us ♪
♪ Send some guidance from above ♪
♪ 'Cause people got me, got me questioning ♪
♪ Where is the love? ♪
♪ Where is the love, the love, the love? ♪
♪ The love ♪
♪ Where is the love, the love, the love? ♪
♪ ♪
[gentle guitar music]
- I am a first-generation Vietnamese born in Vietnam.
- I am fourth-generation Los Angeles on my Chinese side.
- I'm from Bangladesh.
I come here about nine years ago,
and my family's still there.
- I've grown up struggling what it means to be
Korean-American,
'cause you're not fully one thing or the other thing.
- And I always felt a disconnect with my culture,
because unfortunately, like,
a lot of folks have to assimilate, right,
and kind of fulfill the model minority myth.
- For me, the American dream is being able to be who you are
and not be specifically tied to one thing
and with everything that holds.
- And I tried very hard growing up to make sure
I kind of shied away
from my Asian identity. Now that I've gotten older,
I've realized that there's really no point to it.
Like, the whole amazing part of, like, being American
is being different, I guess, and--I don't know.
I'm still working on it. It's a work in progress.
announcer: Coming up, our celebration
of the AAPI community continues
with more incredible music performances
by K-pop superstars Seventeen,
Jhené Aiko, music legend Sting
featuring Far East Movement,
Chloe Flower, and Mike Shinoda
featuring iann dior and Upsahl.
Plus, Alan Kim, Michelle Kwan,
Lisa Ling, Henry Golding,
film icon James Hong,
Daniel Dae Kim, and Steven Yeun.
[gentle guitar music]
- In this country, we have \halways enacted violence
on the Asian-American body.
But we’ve also been obsessive \h\h\h\h\h\habout hiding it.
- Growing up, I never felt \h\hthat I was fully human.
You know, people shouting out \h\h\h\h\h"Ching-chong-ching,"
the slanty-eye gestures.
- Our house was spray-painted \h\h\h\hwith the word "gook."
My aunt had her car \h\h\hspray-painted
with the word "chink."
- Throughout the early decades \h\hof Asian-American history,
we were seen as a threat \h\hin the United States.
- The first examples \h\hof a federal law
that actually restricted \h\h\h\h\h\h\himmigration
was the Page Act.
Basically kept Chinese women
from coming to America.
That led to the Chinese \hExclusion Act of 1882.
- One of the largest mass lynching in this country
happened in Los Angeles
with 18 Chinese-Americans
who were lynched
in broad daylight.
The site of that
is now paved over.
It’s a parking lot.
Literally paving over \h\h\h\h\hthe memory.
- In the early years \h\hof World War II,
the Japanese-Americans-- \h\h\h\h120,000 of them,
many of them citizens-- \h\h\hhad been interned
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin what Franklin Delano Roosevelt
called concentration camps
\h\hbefore that term became unfashionable.
\h\h\h- Japs evacuate vital West Coast areas
for the national security.
- I think the sad truth \h\hof American history
\h\h\h\h\his that really no group has been immune.
And after 9/11, we saw a surge \hof anti-Muslim hate crimes,
and that spilled over into Hindu-Americans
and Sikh Americans.
- This challenge right now \h\h\h\h\h\h\his literally
about life and death,
whether it’s six Asian women \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin Atlanta
or whether it’s four Sikh,
you know, community members \h\h\h\h\hin Indianapolis.
\h\h\h- Asian women in the United States
have had a long history
of dealing with stereotypes,
like China Doll or Dragon Lady,
that has resulted in violence \h\h\h\h\hagainst our bodies.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- The bones of Chinese-American men,
who built this country,
were taken and moved back \hto China when they died.
\h\hThey couldn’t even be-- been buried along the dirt
that the railroads \hwere pushed in.
So that’s a perfect metaphor \h\h\h\hfor how this country
has seen our bodies, \h\h\h\h\hour labor,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand our vanishing contributions.
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
- At this very moment,
while the entire world \h\h\hfights COVID-19,
we’re also battling \hthe virus of hate
\h\h\h\h\h\hspread by rumors, misinformation, and rhetoric.
A new organization \h\h\hjust launched
that is striving for an America
where opportunities \h\hto participate
in all aspects of society \hare equally accessible,
where individuals \hand communities
are not rendered invisible,
\h\hnor singled out for false stereotypes, discrimination,
or hate on the basis of race--
\h\h\h\h\h\hthis is The Asian American Foundation, or TAAF.
- When--the first time \h\h\h\h\hI saw attacks
after elderly Asian people
\h\h\h\hwas that this could be my parents.
\h\h\hThis could be my parents-in-law.
- The fact that my mom and dad, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwho are elderly,
\h\h\h\h\hfeel scared to walk out the door,
or whether I’m walking outside \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the suburbs
with my older son,
\h\h\hand a car passes by with somebody hollering, "Go home."
- Our daughter,
she is 100% American.
\h\h\h\h\hBut when--when I walk on the street or go to a store,
she’s still being asked
where she is from.
Once you start peeling \h\h\h\h\h\hthat back,
\hthere’s so much more behind that.
- We have 23 million of us.
We’re 7% of the population.
\h\h\h\h\hWe are voting. We are actively engaged.
This is the first time we have seen a community come together
and want to be Asian-American.
- The origin of The Asian \h\hAmerican Foundation,
\h\hthis new charity that we’re starting,
really was born out of need.
\h\h\h\h- We want to build a sustainable organization
\h\h\hthat can help support all the AAPI organizations
\h\h\hthat do great work for the Asian-American community.
\h- And so the idea of TAAF is to provide, accelerate,
and convene a network, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hresources
\h\hacross all these great organizations and outside.
- As a community, the Jewish \h\hcommunity that came here
\hfrom somewhere else-- we were all immigrants
\h\h\h\h\h\hor refugees-- we understood the issues
that the Asian-American \hcommunity was facing,
\h\h\h\h\hand I offered ADL’s services to help.
- The founders of TAAF \hare business leaders,
\h\hand so therefore we really set it out
to measure our impact in most concrete ways
- Hate is critical to address, \h\h\hbut the belonging story,
\h\h\hmaking people feel like they belong in this country,
\hmaking people feel like they are part of writing this story,
that is the most optimistic thing
we are going to be doing \h\h\h\has a foundation.
- If we do our job right,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwe will know that we’ve made a difference.
\hPerhaps we will have an Asian-American judge
in the Supreme Court.
Perhaps we will one day have an Asian-American president.
- This time in our country \h\h\h\his a pivotal moment
of the message of solidarity
\h\h\hand how important it is really to come together,
not only within
the Asian-American/Pacific \h\h\h\hIslander community,
but really for all of us.
- For better, for worse, \h\hthe rising hate issue
has galvanized our community \h\h\hin a very positive way.
- Our aspiration is, over time, \h\h\h\h\h\hfor decades to come
\h\h\hthat we can create an enduring organization
for the Asian-American \h\h\h\h\h\hcommunity.
- And in the long-term,
we find the importance \h\h\hfor our community
is really to emphasize a sense \h\hof belonging and prosperity
and at the same time a pursuit of freedom
from discrimination, slander, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand violence.
\h\h\h\hThat is our mission at The Asian American Foundation.
\h- TAAF has joined forces with numerous organizations
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto support the See Us Unite campaign
designed to accelerate impact \h\h\h\h\hand expand support
\h\h\h\hfor the AAPI community through solidary and education.
And they’re doing this
\h\hby helping fund AAPI organizations
that are fighting \hanti-Asian hate
and AAPI educational programs.
\h\h\h\h\h\hJoin us tonight by supporting our community
by going to SeeUsUnite.org \h\h\h\h\h\hto learn more.
Now, my friend Alan Kim \h\h\h\his here with me
helping me introduce \h\hthese next stars.
God, you’re so cute!
\h\h\h\h\h- Thank you. So excited to be here,
\h\h\hbecause music unites everyone around the world,
and nothing does that better \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthan pop music
from South Korea \hknown as K-pop.
- Tonight we have a performance \h\h\h\h\hpowerhouse supergroup
that has taken the U.S. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hby storm
and has sold millions of albums worldwide.
- With their hit song "Don’t Want to Cry,"
give it up for Seventeen.
- Yeah! - Yeah!
[light music]
["Don’t Wanna Cry" begins]
- ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I love you ♪
♪ But these words are not enough ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ No words will ever be enough ♪
- ♪ You left me thinking \h\h\h\h\h\honly of you ♪
♪ Where did you go? ♪
♪ Did you wish to be far away \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom me? ♪
- ♪ Don’t play around, \hI know you’re there ♪
♪ I wait in the hopes that you’ll appear ♪
- ♪ I need to find you, \h\h\h\h\h\hfind you ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ If I cry now, I may not be able to see you ♪
all: ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ I have a lot of tears but ♪
♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ This road seems familiar ♪
♪ But it feels unfamiliar ♪
♪ Do I know this way ♪
♪ I ask myself once again ♪
- ♪ Maybe that person ♪
♪ Is looking for me ♪
♪ I’m looking for you \h\h\h\h\hright now ♪
- ♪ Don’t play around, \hI know you’re there ♪
\h\h♪ I wait in hopes that you’ll appear ♪
- ♪ I need to find you, \h\h\h\h\h\hI have to ♪
♪ But my tears are blurring \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmy vision ♪
all: ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ I have a lot of tears but ♪
♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I’m okay ♪
♪ I’m not okay ♪
- ♪ I don’t miss you ♪
♪ I miss you so much ♪
- ♪ I have to say these lies ♪
♪ That don’t mean, \h\h\h\hI have to ♪
- ♪ Because my heart refuses \h\h\h\h\h\hto listen to me ♪
- ♪ Come back, come back, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hcome back ♪
- ♪ How can I live as one without my other half? ♪
- ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
all: ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
- ♪ Hey hey hey ♪
all: ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
- ♪ Oh oh ♪
all: ♪ I’m full of tears but ♪
♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ When we meet again ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I don’t wanna cry ♪
announcer: Straight ahead, \h\h\h\h\h\hMichelle Kwan
\h\h\hand the importance of representation beyond media.
Plus, Lisa Ling, \hHenry Golding,
James Hong, Daniel Dae Kim, \h\h\h\h\h\hand Steven Yeun.
Plus, passionate performances \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom Jhené Aiko,
Saweetie, Mike Shinoda,
\h\h\hand music legend Sting featuring Far East Movement
\h\hwhen "See Us Unite For Change" continues.
[light music]
- Welcome back to "See Us Unite."
During this challenging time for the AAPI community,
tonight is all about uniting, celebrating,
and taking action for a better tomorrow,
because we can't look to the future
without remembering how we got here.
And here is a throwback pic for you.
God, I'm so cute! [squeals] Ah!
[laughter]
- I had no idea what life had in store for me.
But that determination you see there
I inherited from both of my parents,
who never let fear or discrimination
get in the way of pursuing their dreams of a better life.
Like our favorite superheroes, we all have our origin stories
that started way before we were even born.
Generations of struggle, pain, and triumph
all forged the people we are today.
[light music]
♪ ♪
- People see Bruce Lee,
and they think "successful global icon."
But the truth of the matter is,
he arrive in this country with $100,
you know, in his pocket.
We were kicked out of apartments
when we couldn't pay the rent.
You know, my father made a little bit of money
doing "Green Hornet,"
and we we're able to buy a house,
and then we had to sell it eventually,
because we couldn't afford to keep it.
- When my parents came over from Taiwan and China
and started a restaurant,
they didn't know a word of English
when they came to the Bay Area.
My mom didn't talk a lot when she first got here,
because she just didn't know what to say and speak English.
- Growing up in the late '80s and '90s,
I just felt like people when they looked at my parents
and my mom working in the laundromat or my dad,
you know, painting houses or doing floor sanding,
I feel like they had no idea
what my parents had just gone through,
which was escaping the country on a boat, right?
[helicopter blades whirring]
- I left Vietnam in 1975 when Vietnam War ended.
As a leader actor in Vietnam
and in all over in Southeast Asia for so many years,
and I came here-- I have to start from zero.
I accept part,
a little bit here, a little bit there
until I got the opportunity to play the lead
in wonderful TV show "M-A-S-H."
Many letters pouring into the production
not agree that the character Hawkeye,
played by Alan Alda
would fall in love with a Korean woman,
which is me, so my character is killed.
- Having the courage to leave a country, leave your home,
leave everything that you know behind,
start all over again with no savings,
and it's a place where your education is not valued,
so you're starting at the bottom,
and they're sort of forcing you to stay there,
and I just sat back one day, and I realized, like, wow,
they have built this beautiful masterpiece of a life for me.
It's, like, I could never, ever, ever do what they did.
[gentle music]
- Like many immigrants in this country,
my parents had dreams for a better life
and hopes for their children.
They immigrated to United States from Hong Kong
in the '70s with little money, but they did bring with them
that belief that anything was truly possible.
So they worked multiple jobs, unimaginable hours,
and made selfless sacrifices
so that their children could soar
well beyond their imagination.
They made my dreams possible,
and I am forever grateful.
Throughout my Olympic figure skating career,
and even today, many Asian-Americans come up to me
to tell me how I've made an impact in their lives
and inspired them to reach their own dreams.
They always tell me that they didn't see
many Asian-Americans on TV growing up
and that I was there as a role model.
You know, this really touches me,
and it's proof that representation,
not just in TV and movies,
but also in sports, on magazine covers,
and in newspapers makes a huge difference
on how we all see ourselves in our communities.
[upbeat music]
- I look at America, and I see people like me--
different people, misfits, different ethnicities--
and they are hardly represented
in what defines American style.
And so I want to redefine it.
Michelle Obama had worn my dress,
and I called up my mother,
and she said to me, "Congratulations.
"But remember, your success is no longer yours.
"Your success belongs to everyone in Nepal
"and each and everyone who's felt marginalized
and who felt like they've never been heard."
- Until we really understand
someone's history and literature and art,
we don't really understand them.
And we're missing so much in our education system
about Asians and Asian-Americans.
- Representation is super important,
because it allows other people
to see us in our full humanity, and when that happens,
we can begin to have cross-cultural building.
- My focus is on food as the best way
for people to understand other cultures.
Because deliciousness doesn't have any boundaries.
If I look at the culinary world,
I'm so proud to see men and women
celebrating their cultures.
Every single Asian country, you have cooks
that are trying to merge how they grew up eating
with what they've learned out in the world,
and you're getting these new flavors.
That's incredibly exciting.
I think representation matters,
because it equals empathy.
And without empathy, this whole movement doesn't work.
- To progress representation in the country,
we need executives to make an effort to diversify
and hire people within the diaspora of the Asian culture.
- We are a diverse society.
We celebrate that diversity.
We get enormous strength from that diversity.
And we really should create an ethos that says,
"We don't care where you come from.
"We don't care what your origins are.
We only care what your destination is."
announcer: Next, Lisa Ling and the story of the partnership
between two revolutionary activists.
Plus, Jeremy Lin and some of our favorite friends
from "Sesame Street," and Henry Golding, James Hong,
Daniel Dae Kim, and Steven Yeun.
And later, music from Jhené Aiko, Saweetie,
Sting featuring Far East Movement, and Mike Shinoda
featuring iann dior and Upsahl
when "See Us Unite For Change" returns.
[gentle music]
- As the AAPI community faces
one of the most challenging times of our generation,
we know that when we speak out, when we take to the streets,
when we decry the senseless violence on our people,
we don't do it alone.
We stand alongside another community
that has been fighting systemic racism for hundreds of years.
It's a misconception to believe that Asian and Black people
don't see eye-to-eye.
Yes, our struggles are different,
but we must recognize that the state of violence
against Black people in this country
and the scapegoating of Asian-Americans
are both part of a system of oppression,
and at this very moment we need to stand united
to defeat these injustices.
This isn't the first time Asian and Black communities
have walked together.
This is a partnership we have honed throughout history,
where stories like the one you're about to see inspire us
to keep fighting the good fight together.
♪ ♪
- Friendship between my Grandma Yuri and Malcolm X
is a great example of the power of solidarity
and knowing more about your history
and how our stories are connected.
[upbeat music]
Yuri Kochiyama was a lifelong activist,
a community organizer, and my grandma.
I don't think we understood how unusual it was that,
you know, our time with Grandma was going to marches
and demonstrations and making signs,
and, you know, all kinds of stuff.
While she was at that point a civil rights activist,
she would later say meeting Malcolm
was her political awakening.
He came to visit her
at her home at Manhattanville Projects.
When Malcolm X went on hajj to Mecca,
he sent 11 postcards to my grandparents,
and you could literally trace what's happening with him,
his own evolution.
♪ ♪
- We're here at the Yuri and Malcolm mural in Harlem.
They were born on the same day,
so this May 19th would be
Yuri Kochiyama's
100th birthday.
♪ ♪
The mural has been deteriorating
over the last few years, so we wanted to come back here
and retouch it and restore it.
♪ ♪
- Everybody's fight must be to stop wars,
racism, hatred,
and the dehumanization of humanity.
- Yuri often talked about "build bridges, not walls,"
and we're coming out of an administration that,
you know, tries to polarize people
and tries to sow division, especially people of color.
- It benefits them for us not to see the solidarity,
not to see the common experiences.
I think what Yuri and Malcolm's story
does in this time is very powerful.
It shows a different narrative.
I think that's such an important way
to fight racism and stereotypes.
There's so many ways we're different from each other.
There's so many ways that we can connect with each other.
♪ ♪
- Standing tall together--
it's the only way to combat hate.
As the AAPI community comes together tonight,
we are also standing alongside many
of our South Asian friends
who are battling a dire situation in India right now.
To find out how you can help,
go to the American India Foundation,
or AIF.org, which bridges communities
here in the U.S. with local communities in India
who are facing the COVID crisis head-on.
And now I'm proud to be here with you
to celebrate this incredible community
with more great music.
Her soulful sound and sultry voice have earned her
multiple Grammy nominations and countless fans.
But she also uses that same powerful voice
to speak out against injustice.
Here is the incredible, world-acclaimed
singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko.
[tones humming]
♪ ♪
[dreamy instrumentals]
["Magic Hour" begins]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Ready for a miracle ♪
♪ I'll chill until the ♪
♪ Sun sets ♪
♪ Waiting for the ♪
♪ Magic hour ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's beautiful now ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's
♪ Beautiful ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's beautiful ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's ♪
♪ Beautiful ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, no ♪
♪ It was windy in the city ♪
♪ So pretty that night ♪
♪ I swear I tried to stick by you ♪
♪ But time blew me by ♪
♪ It is like you swept me off my feet ♪
♪ And tied me to shore ♪
♪ Somehow my anchor turned stranger ♪
♪ Can't take anymore ♪
♪ Ready for a miracle ♪
♪ I'll chill until the sun sets ♪
♪ I'm ready for the magic hour ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's beautiful now ♪
♪ It ain't perfect ♪
♪ Beautiful ♪
♪ It ain't perfect, but everything's beautiful ♪
♪ Beautiful now ♪
♪ ♪
[tones humming]
♪ Maybe I'm the miracle ♪
♪ Waiting for the miracle ♪
♪ Maybe you're the miracle ♪
♪ Waiting for a ♪
♪ Miracle ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Maybe you're ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The miracle ♪
♪ Maybe you're the ♪
♪ Miracle ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It ain't perfect ♪
♪ But everything's beautiful ♪
♪ Beautiful ♪
♪ Now ♪
♪ ♪
Thank you.
[light funky music]
♪ ♪
- While I may be the first woman in this office,
I will not be the last.
[cheers and applause]
- My name is Sheila Lirio Marcelo,
TAAF board member and executive producer
of the "See Us Unite" campaign.
I'm proud to share that TAAF joined forces
with the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation,
the Henry Luce foundation,
and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
to support "See Us Unite."
Together our goal for our AAPI community
is to fund organizations
that are doing great work across the country,
like Asian-Americans Advancing Justice,
Stop AAPI Hate,
the National Asian Pacific Women's Forum,
the Asian-American Education Project,
and many other AAPI organizations.
Thank you so much to our partners.
And you can join us tonight by going to SeeUsUnite.org
to learn more and support our community.
announcer: Coming up, it's rap superstar Saweetie
with her brand-new single "Fast (Motion)"
and the funniest AAPI comedians
of the 21st century
when "See Us Unite For Change" continues.
[light funky music]
\h\h- This icy girl graduated from USC
and became a viral sensation.
Now she’s a platinum \h\hrecording rapper
and international superstar.
\h\h\hShe’s known to her Filipino fans as Ate Icy.
That means "Big Sister Icy."
And she’s using her platform \h\hto give back to the Black
and Asian community through \hher Ice Baby Foundation.
With her new single \h"Fast (Motion),"
give it up for Saweetie.
[upbeat funky music]
\h\h\h\h\h\h- ♪ Fast, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-uh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
- ♪ That’s right ♪
- ♪ I’m hitting that, \hhitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ My body, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-huh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, hitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
♪ That’s right ♪
♪ I put it in, I put it in, \h\h\hI put it in motion ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ Iciest chick in the whole damn land ♪
\h\h\h♪ I hit the road in an all-white Lam’ ♪
♪ I keep a fresh set up \h\h\h\h\hon my hands ♪
♪ You don’t like me, but you on my ’Gram ♪
♪ How you look? How you look? \h\h\h\h\h\hHow you sound? ♪
♪ I’m a boss, I’m a brat, \h\h\h\hhard to handle ♪
- ♪ That’s right ♪
♪ I’m a real life mood, \h\ha real life muse ♪
♪ Got some pretty [...] toes \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin my sandals ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I can’t help, I was born like this ♪
\h\h\h♪ Ain’t my fault that you want my drip ♪
\h\h♪ Little bitter [...], could have been my friend ♪
♪ Now you gotta listen while I pop my [...] ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h- ♪ Fast, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-uh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
- ♪ That’s right ♪
- ♪ I’m hitting that, \hhitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ My body, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-huh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, hitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
♪ That’s right ♪
♪ I put it in, I put it in, \h\h\hI put it in motion ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
\h♪ Rule number one, never be number two ♪
♪ Got the candy apple whip, hit the gas, then I zoom ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ Mad ’cause I’m rich and I’m young and I’m cute ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ All eyes on me when I step in the room ♪
♪ Why you stay with my name \h\h\h\h\hin your mouth? ♪
♪ Don’t your [...] get tired? \h\h\h\h\hThat’s a mouthful ♪
♪ Want to wear my jewels \h\h\hand sip my juice ♪
♪ Need a couple Cuban links \h\hwith some big bamboos ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I can’t help, I was born like this ♪
\h\h\h♪ Ain’t my fault that you want my drip ♪
\h\h♪ Little bitter [...], could have been my friend ♪
\h♪ Now you gotta watch while I win, win, win ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h- ♪ Fast, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-uh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
- ♪ That’s right ♪
- ♪ I’m hitting that, \hhitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ My body, I’m coming in fast ♪
- ♪ Uh-huh ♪
\h\h- ♪ First place, you coming in last ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, hitting that gas ♪
♪ I’m hitting that, \h\hhitting that ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
♪ That’s right ♪
♪ I put it in, I put it in, \h\h\hI put it in motion ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h♪ Locomotion, we causing a commotion ♪
♪ My back is aching, \hmy bra too tight ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ You mad as hell that I shine so bright ♪
♪ My back is aching, \hmy bra too tight ♪
\h\h♪ [...] jiggling, I know that’s right ♪
♪ My back is aching, \hmy bra too tight ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ You mad as hell that I shine so bright ♪
♪ My back is aching, \hmy bra too tight ♪
\h\h♪ Booty jiggling, I know that’s right ♪
- I started in comedy \hover 25 years ago.
I left a career in medicine \h\h\hto follow my dreams,
and I’m so humbled and honored
to be among a group \hof AAPI comedians
who have never shied away from \htackling the tough subjects.
\h\h\h\hSome are trailblazers and pioneers on this journey.
Others are paving the road \h\h\h\h\h\hto the future.
Here they are,
\h\h\h\h\hsome of the best AAPI comedians of the 21st Century.
[upbeat music]
- All these women had
to show off and be like,
"We could do it.
We could do anything."
[bleep], shut up.
\hannouncer: You could call it the Golden Age of AAPI comedy.
- Don’t tell them the secret.
- When Asian parents want
their kids to be doctors,
helping people is, like,
\h\h\h\h\hon the bottom of the list of reasons.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hannouncer: Over the last 20 years,
\h\h\h\hsome of the bravest and most brilliant comedians
emerged to completely rock \hthe stage and screen...
\h\h\h- I didn’t have that Indian pressure
that a lot of Indian kids have.
"Well, do something great."
My parents knew I was an idiot.
\h\h\h\h\h\hannouncer: Busting stereotypes...
\h\h\h- [Southern accent] Yeah, I know what may be
going through your mind \h\h\h\h\h\hright now.
\hJust let it soak in a second or two.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hannouncer: Selling out stadiums...
- You know how many Mexicans
my mom walks up to and goes, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Filipino?"
announcer: And making history.
- Hi.
Wait. Is that--
is that my official title, \h\h\h\hAsian Cast Member?
- That’s how you told me \h\h\h\hto introduce you.
- Yeah, I set your ass up. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFeels good.
\hannouncer: Margaret Cho starred in the first-ever
\h\hAsian-American prime-time sitcom.
- And I [bleep] it up so badly, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthey had to wait
for an entire generation \h\h\hof Asian-Americans
to be born and grow up with no memory of me whatsoever.
\h\hannouncer: And films like "Harold and Kumar"
\h\h\h\hbroke ground for other AAPI films
\h\h\hto hit comedy and box office gold.
- You took off my underwear. You took it to the next step.
- Because I felt bad \hyou’d have to tell
\heveryone at college that you’re a virgin.
- Well, I was planning \h\hto lie about that.
\h\h\h\h\h\hannouncer: They all look at life
with different points of view.
\h\hBut all prove one thing, that AAPI people are funny,
\h\h\h\hand nothing can hold them back,
and nothing is off-limits.
\h\h- I’m very proud to represent Asians,
\h\hbut at the same time, there’s so much pressure.
\hLike, nobody ever went up to Matt Damon and be like,
\h\h\h\h\h"Hey, Matt, thanks for representing the whites."
[laughter]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay, so I wasn’t in the video?
\h\h\hNo, it said the best AAPI comedians of the 21st Century,
and I’m not a part of it? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hReally?
That--that was decided? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOkay.
That--I mean, that’s the only \hreason I agreed to do this.
\hAm I gonna be part of the drama montage?
[laughter]
Okay. Let’s go to break.
announcer: When "See Us Unite \h\h\h\h\hFor Change" returns,
it’s film icon James Hong, \h\h\h\h\h\hHenry Golding,
and a special performance \h\hby music legend Sting
featuring Far East Movement.
And get ready for Linsanity.
\h\h\hIt’s Jeremy Lin and our friends from "Sesame Street."
Plus, Steven Yeun, \h\hChloe Bennet,
\h\h\hCheryl Burke, and Daniel Dae Kim.
[upbeat music]
- Growing up as a superfan \h\h\h\h\hof TV and movies,
it was hard to find someone \h\h\h\hwho looked like me,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hexcept for this incredible actor right here,
the legendary James Hong.
He has been in over 500 movies,
more than any other actor ever.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m so honored to have you here, James.
- Ken--can I call you Ken or-- \h\h\h\h- You can call me Ken.
\h\h\h\hYou don’t even have to call me Doctor.
You don’t have to call me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hanything.
You’re James Hong.
- At 92, I’m privileged to do \hanything I want to, right,
on this show. - And at 29,
I’m privilege to do anything \h\h\hI want to too. Mm-hmm.
\h\h\h- That’s true. - Young. Millennial.
But, James, you have had \h\h\hsuch a long career,
\hand you’ve starred in so many amazing movies.
What can you tell us about AAPI \hrepresentation in Hollywood?
- Since I started in 1953, \h\h\h\h\h\hin those days,
there were no non-cliché roles, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know.
\h\h\h\h\hI just acted in those chinky parts,
always being rescued \h\hby the white man.
\hAnd then I formulated the East West Players,
\h\h\h\hand that started things growing, you know.
\h\h\hHowever, the rest of the industry have come a long ways.
And there’s a long ways to go,
\h\h\h\h\hand that’s why we’re here today, right?
To unite for change. \h\hI’m all for that.
- You are truly a pioneer \h\h\h\h\h\h\hand a hero.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd honestly, I would not be here on stage
\h\hif it weren’t for you. I wouldn’t be here period.
Tonight we are talking more
\h\h\h\h\h\h\habout why representation matters
\h\h\hand the important work that still needs to be done.
\h- It’s been a long, long, and very difficult struggle
for Asian-Americans to achieve any kind of equality or equity
\h\h\h\h\h\hwhen it comes to representation in Hollywood.
Throughout most of the history \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof Hollywood,
the way that Asians and Asian-Americans
\happeared have been very stereotypical.
- The makeup man transforms \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMr. Astor
into a Chinese Mandarin.
- And this kind of distortion \h\h\hthat we see in Hollywood
\h\h\h\hhas continued up until the present moment.
- There’s this weird kind \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof effect
psychologically that it has when you don’t see yourself
represented on screen \h\h\hin a heroic way
\h\h\hor in a way that feels like something to aspire to.
If you are the butt \h\h\h\hof the joke
and you constantly see it on screen,
the culture starts to think \h\h\h\h\h\hthat that’s what
\h\h\hyour race is about. Then you start to think,
\h\h\h\h\h"Yeah, yeah, well, I mean, maybe they’re right."
\h- My older brother, who’s not emotional,
cried when Henry Golding \hcomes out of that house
in a white suit and is, \h\h\h\hlike, the man.
- It’s really crucial to tell \hstories that have a lot of
\h\h\h\h\hAAPI people in them, because it humanizes our people
in a way that I don’t think
\hmany people have seen Asian folks in that way,
and in doing so, you break down \h\hthat sort of race barrier.
- For "Lovecraft Country," \h\h\h\h\hwe had an episode
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwhere 80% of the dialogue was in Korean,
and to be able to use it \h\hfor my storytelling
was a really special moment.
\h\h\h- It’s really important to highlight all of the work
that is happening behind \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe scenes
that lead up to a place \h\hwhere Chloe Zhao...
- Chloe Zhao, "Nomadland."
- Became the first woman \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof color
to win a Best Director Oscar.
- So it’s me you’re mad at. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
I’m just sorry that you got \hstuck with such a loser.
\h- Even watching "Joy Luck Club,"
the fact that they talked \h\h\h\h\h\hthe same way
that my family spoke \h\h\hto each other,
it resonates with me \h\heven to this day
of when you see your family \h\h\his important enough,
\h\h\his beautiful enough to be in a movie theater.
- I see you.
I see you. - [crying]
[gentle guitar music]
\h\h- Authentic, honest stories ensure marginalized communities
are seen, heard, and accepted.
It’s such an honor to introduce \h\h\h\h\h\hour next performer
who is known across the globe \h\hfor his incredible music.
\h\h\h\hBut at his core, he is a true humanitarian
\h\h\hwho works to lift up the world’s most vulnerable people.
\h\hCollaborating tonight with the chart-topping hip-hop group
\hFar East Movement, ladies and gentlemen,
proudly introducing Sting.
[upbeat reggae music]
♪ ♪
- Sting.
It’s the Far East Movement.
Stop Asian hate, yeah.
♪ We keep the love alive, \h\h\h\hthe living pure ♪
♪ We keep our colors blind, \h\hwhat’s mine is yours ♪
♪ From shore to shore, love is a rising tide ♪
♪ It’s hard to feel a love, \h\h\h\h\hfeeling the way ♪
♪ Our mothers hurt ♪
♪ She said return the GoFundMe because there’s others worse ♪
\h\h\h\h- ♪ Go for the gold, now we all about the union ♪
♪ I could take the sting if I’m \h\hdoing it for the movement ♪
♪ Rolling with the punches ♪
♪ Being like water, \hlike Bruce did ♪
♪ The truth is, I want a world \hwhere everyone’s inclusive ♪
- ♪ Feel it rising \h\hin the cities ♪
♪ Feel it sweeping over land ♪
\h♪ Over borders, over frontiers ♪
\h\h\h♪ Nothing will its power withstand ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ I say, there is a deeper world than this ♪
♪ That you don’t understand ♪
♪ There is a deeper world \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthan this ♪
♪ Tugging at your hand ♪
♪ Every ripple on the ocean ♪
♪ Every leaf on every tree ♪
♪ Every sand dune \hin the desert ♪
♪ Every power we never see ♪
♪ I say there is a deeper \h\h\h\hworld than this ♪
♪ That you don’t understand ♪
♪ There is a deeper world \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthan this ♪
♪ Tugging at your hand ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\hShout-out to all our Asian-American friends.
Love is the seventh wave.
And it’s coming. \h\h\hHere we go.
♪ Ooh yeah ♪
♪ Love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
♪ Feel it rising \hin the cities ♪
♪ Feel it sweeping over land ♪
\h♪ Over borders, over frontiers ♪
\h\h\h♪ Nothing will its power withstand ♪
\h\h\h\h\h♪ I say there is a deeper world than this ♪
♪ That you don’t understand ♪
♪ There is a deeper world \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthan this ♪
♪ Tugging at your hand ♪
♪ Love is the seventh wave ♪
♪ Ooh love ♪
♪ Is the seventh wave, yeah ♪
\h\h\h\h♪ I say love is the seventh wave ♪
[under breath]
♪ Love is the seventh wave, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyeah ♪
♪ Hey ♪
- It’s always so cool for me to meet young Asian-American fans
who see me play basketball \h\h\hand want to play too.
\h\h\hThat fuels me more than anything.
They inspire me every day
to want to make this world \h\h\h\h\h\ha better place.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBut how? How do you talk to kids
about what we see on the news, \h\h\hand how do we help them?
Luckily, our friends \h\hat the nonprofit
"Sesame Street" Workshop,
people who taught me \h\hwhen I was a kid,
know just the right \h\h\hthings to say
so that we all look out \h\h\h\hfor each other.
Take it away, Alan.
- Thanks, Mr. Jeremy Lin. \h\h\h\h\h- Hi, everyone.
Elmo and I are here to talk \habout being an upstander.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah, an upstander treats people
with kindness and respect.
- And you can be an upstander \h\h\h\h\h\h\hby speaking up
\h\h\h\h\h\hwhen someone is being treated unfairly
because of the color \h\h\hof their skin,
the shape of their eyes, \h\h\hor how they speak.
\h\h\hWe should all be proud of what makes each of us special.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. Elmo will be an upstander
for Alan and everybody \h\h\hon Sesame Street.
- Oh, and I will too, Elmo.
\h\h\h\hannouncer: Next up, history-making Oscar nominee
\h\h\hSteven Yeun, plus Chloe Bennet,
Cheryl Burke, Daniel Dae Kim,
and a performance from Chloe Flower
you won’t want to miss
\hwhen "See Us Unite For Change" returns.
[light music]
- It is a frickin’ honor \h\h\h\h\h\hto be Asian.
\h- The entire journey that my parents went through, you know,
escaping the war in Vietnam,
and the fact that we’re not \h\h\h\h\h\hjust surviving
but we’re also thriving, \h\hit truly does feel--
\h\h\h\hfeel like an honor to be Vietnamese-American.
- It’s at once at honor \hbut also a challenge
to be any form of an other.
- I’m so proud of just being \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdifferent,
\h\h\h\h\h\hbecause for myself, different is really beautiful.
\h- I’m very proud of the features I’ve inherited.
\hI’m proud of my face that is round like a cantaloupe.
\h\hI look like my mom. I look like my grandpa.
- It’s an absolute honor to be part of this vast,
beautiful, ancient culture
that has given so much \h\h\h\hto this world.
It’s phenomenal.
♪ ♪
- Corky Lee’s photographs spoke \h\hlouder than any battle cry.
\h\h\hHe called them photographic justice,
images of brutality \h\hon our people,
\h\h\hof our community marching in the streets
determined and impassioned,
and of stolen moments \h\hof everyday life
\h\h\h\hthat made our community feel seen.
\h\h\hHe once said, "Every time I take my camera out of my bag
"it’s like drawing a sword \h\hto combat indifference,
injustice, and discrimination." \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd he was right.
\hHis images pierce through other’s perceptions of us.
They prove we can see ourselves \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe clearest
\h\h\h\hwhen we look through our own lens.
Sadly, the world lost \hMr. Lee in January.
But his photographs remain \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto remind us
that our voices have always \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbeen loud,
unapologetic, and strong,
\h\hthat we already have limitless power within us
as individuals, and even more \h\h\hso when we are united.
Today as we speak out during \hthis crucial moment in time
on this incredible platform
we’re not asking for validation \h\hor permission from anyone.
\h\h\hWhat we are seeking is space to be ourselves,
to thrive under our own terms,
\h\h\hand to be seen as who we truly are.
[light violin music]
- There may not be anything \hmore important than being
unapologetically yourself.
I’m not going to accept \hthat I am less than,
and we can be unapologetically \h\h\h\hourselves with kindness
but with power.
- Most immigrant generations, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthey come here,
\h\hand they feel like they’re foreigners in a foreign land.
\h\h\h\hAnd so what they think they need to do is keep quiet,
don’t cause trouble, work hard.
But that has, you know,
gotten us into trouble, \h\h\hseen as invisible,
\hseen as not being part of the American fabric.
- It is our generation’s \h\h\h\h\hresponsibility
to change the narrative, \hbeing vocal and present
\hand speak about all the injustices
that are happening to our community.
- There are many ways of breaking out of silence.
It doesn’t necessarily mean \hmarching down the street
\hwith a megaphone in hand. For me, I turn to writing,
and I’m extremely bold \h\h\h\h\hon the page.
- When we express who we are,
when we share to the world \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwho we are,
we don’t need to justify \h\h\h\h\h\hour humanity
hopefully even within \hour own communities
that this is who we are. \h\hNo more explanation.
\h\h\h\h- The only way we’re gonna get there
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto make sure we’re not underrepresented is,
\h\h\h\hwe have to keep chipping away.
\hAnd that happens by building spaces
and by investing back \h\h\hin communities.
- There is so much that we can \h\h\h\hlearn from each other,
and we can help each other,
because that’s the only way \hthat we’re gonna succeed.
- I hope my generation \h\huses their voice.
I hope my younger sister’s generation uses their voice
and is even louder \h\h\hthan we were.
\h\h\h\hThat’s something that I’m really hopeful and excited
to see in the future.
- It’s a beautiful time for the Asian community
\h\hto come together and to stand together
\h\hand to fight together and to be proud together.
- Even though all our struggles may be very,
\hvery different from each other,
the solutions are the same, \h\h\h\hseeing each other.
Imagine what we can do when we vote together.
Imagine the power that we have
\h\h\hwhen the America that we’ve been taught
and we’re building \h\hthat together
and paving the way \hfor our children.
- I think we all need \h\h\hto be activists.
\h\h\hWe are descendants of these people who came,
\hand they endured, so awaken yourself,
\h\h’cause it’s already in your DNA, my friend.
[laughs]
- The heartbreaking violence \h\h\h\h\h\his all around us,
\h\hinnocent Americans assaulted for no reason
except for what they look like.
When our community faces \ha crisis like this one,
we ask our leaders to guide us, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hcomfort us,
and take action by passing laws
that fund things like reporting and investigating hate crimes,
AAPI community groups, \h\h\h\hand education.
\h\h\hAs we move forward, it is so important to do our research
and support politicians who are \h\hbacking these crucial laws
and publicly speaking out \h\hagainst the violence.
Let’s hear from some \hof our leaders now.
[light guitar music]
♪ ♪
- COVID-19 has been a difficult \h\h\hadjustment for Americans,
\h\h\h\h\h\hbut it’s been unimaginably challenging
and often dangerous time \h\hfor Asian-Americans.
- We’ve all seen the dramatic rise of hate crimes targeting
the Asian-American/Pacific \h\h\h\hIslander community.
\h\h\h\h\h- Hate crimes against Asian-Americans
and Pacific Islanders rose
by nearly 150% last year.
- A gunman murdered \h\h\height people,
including six women \hof Asian descent
at these spas in Atlanta.
- An elderly woman \h\h\hwas assaulted
while walking down the street \h\h\h\h\h\hin San Francisco.
- A Thai immigrant died
after being violently thrown to the ground.
- A Chinese woman was slapped
and then set on fire \h\h\h\hin New York.
\h- And these are just a few of the horrifying acts of violence
that have taken place \hacross the country.
- It has to stop.
- Since the founding of this \h\h\h\h\h\h\hgreat country,
\h\h\hwe’ve been striving to live up to the ideals
set forth by our founders...
\h- That all of us are created equal.
- It hasn’t been a straight \h\hpath, nor an easy path.
- But we are making progress.
Last month, the Senate passed \hmy COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
\hsending a strong and resolute message that our entire nation
\h\h\h\h\h\h\his committed to ending anti-Asian hate.
\h- But change requires more than policy and legislation.
- It requires changing hearts \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand minds.
- We must unite against \h\h\hsystemic racism.
- We are a community that will step up to be seen.
\h\h\h\h\h- We see you. We will stand with you.
And we will protect you.
- We can shape our future \h\h\h\h\hfor the better.
- Now is the time for change,
and it requires all of us.
♪ ♪
announcer: Straight ahead, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmusic star
\h\h\h\hChloe Flower dominates the stage.
Plus, a special message \h\hfrom Daniel Dae Kim,
\h\h\h\h\hand Mike Shinoda joins iann dior and Upsahl
for their big collaboration.
TAAF is supporting the AAPI community through solidarity
and education by helping fund \h\h\h\h\h\hAAPI organizations
that are fighting \hanti-Asian hate.
To help these organizations, \h\h\hgo to SeeUsUnite.org.
[gentle guitar music]
- Welcome back.
The AAPI community has never been silent about injustices.
And tonight we are continuing \h\h\h\hto speak out, inform,
\h\h\h\h\hand take action, and we’re doing it as one.
Millions of fellow Americans \hand allies around the world
\h\hare walking together on this quest for change
joining their voices \h\h\hin solidarity.
We are powerful, fearless, \h\h\h\h\h\hstrong people,
and even mightier united.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h- There are just so many everyday working-class people
in the AAPI community
\hwhose strength and resilience powers so much in our community
and in our economy \hin this country.
- You cannot have the true \h\h\h\hhistory of America
without the history of Asian-Americans.
- We still see so many surveys,
\h\hincluding national surveys from major media organizations
that routinely do not include \h\h\hAsian-Americans at all
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hor lump us in the "other" category.
- Well, even before the pandemic arrived
in the United States,
\h\hat CAA we were receiving phone calls from individuals,
sometimes in Chinese, sometimes in English
describing these awful incidents
of harassment and assault.
\h\h\h\h\h- As AAPI women, we live at the intersection
\h\hof race discrimination and gender discrimination.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- The stereotype is that Asian-American women
don’t need support, right, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat we--
that we’re doing just fine.
We’re not all lawyers,
\hdoctors, and engineers, and making lots of money.
\h\h\h\h- There’s lots to do, which is why I’m so grateful
that TAAF is here
to help be another partner \h\h\h\h\hon this journey.
\h\h\h- The reality is that only 2% of nonprofit giving
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgoes to Asian-American communities.
And what TAAF can do
\h\h\h\his to increase the amount of resources
to the Asian-American \h\h\h\h\hcommunity.
- So organizations like TAAF \hwould be hugely beneficial
\h\h\h\hto help bring institutional dollars
to an organization like We Are Sikhs.
- Without systematic data
\h\h\h\h\hour communities won’t be taken seriously.
How TAAF can help is by helping \h\h\h\h\h\hnot only AAPI data
\hbut the ecosystem in which we thrive.
\h\h- It’s really great timing for TAAF to be able to step up
and help get more of society
\h\h\h\hinvolved in fighting these longstanding problems.
- We can join forces together \h\h\h\hto make things better
\h\h\hfor our children and our grandchildren.
- Together we can really build \h\h\h\hsome wonderful things.
♪ ♪
- To all our allies
standing with us, thank you.
That’s what tonight
is all about,
taking action together.
And we’re also having \h\h\h\hsome fun too.
\h\h\hOur next performer is an innovative composer
\h\h\hand a piano powerhouse who has worked with everyone
from Celine Dion to Cardi B.
She has turned the classical \h\h\hmusic world on its head
incorporating hip-hop and pop. \h\h\h\hShe’s so fun to watch.
\h\hLadies and gentlemen, I give you Chloe Flower.
[classical piano music]
♪ ♪
[electronic percussion enters]
♪ ♪
[music intensifies]
♪ ♪
[music decrescendos]
\h- The generations that came before us
worked so much harder
for us to enjoy the lives \h\h\hthat we enjoy now.
It’s hard to express the proper gratitude
\h\h\h\hthat they deserve for all that they’ve done.
- There’s so much resilience.
There’s so much wisdom that it’s kind of like
they’re one of those treasures \hthat we have to really honor.
- They’ve just persevered \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso much,
and they have given people \h\h\h\hlike me a platform
\h\hto really find ourselves and find what makes us happy.
\h\h- With them coming here to give us that opportunity
to be able to pursue \h\h\h\hwhat we want
and continue the legacy, \hwe’re very fortunate.
\h\h- And I hope that this generation can do its best
\h\h\h\h\hto care for the older generation.
We stand on the strength \h\h\hof their shoulders,
and we wouldn’t be where we are if it wasn’t for what they did.
♪ ♪
announcer: Coming up, \h\h\h\hDaniel Dae Kim
and a look at the future for the AAPI community.
Plus, a big performance \h\h\h\hby Mike Shinoda
featuring iann dior \h\h\h\h\hand Upsahl
when "See Us Unite For Change" \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hcontinues.
[light music]
♪ ♪
- They are your nurses,
\h\h\h\h\h\hyour doctors, your clinical assistants,
your physician assistants, \h\h\hthe radiology techs.
They put their lives \h\h\h\hon the line,
and they make sacrifices
\h\hof themselves and their family.
- The stress of not being able \h\h\h\h\hto hug your children
the minute you walk in the door
has put a whole new meaning \h\hof coming home safely.
\h\h\h\h- I’ve seen personally more death since March of 2020
\h\h\h\h\hthan I have in the 20-plus years
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof being a registered therapist.
- I would do the Zoom calls \h\h\h\h\hto those patients
who we were withdrawing care.
\h\hAnd I would be the one who would be at the bedside
and would hold their hand \h\h\hwhile they passed.
- Looking at the AAPI \h\h\h\h\hcommunity,
\h\h\h\h\h\hparticularly the healthcare community
\h\hand what we’ve been able to contribute to this country
in the era of pandemic,
you see both the power and the possibilities
of how one specific diaspora \h\h\h\h\h\hcan really help
\h\h\hlead a country out of a once-in-a-century crisis.
\h\h\h\h\h- That’s my career. It’s my passion and my future.
And I would not give it up for anything in the world.
♪ ♪
- Our thoughts are with all the healthcare workers here
\hand around the world who are keeping people safe and healthy
during the most challenging \h\h\h\h\hhealthcare crisis
in over a century.
\h\h\h\hNow, here are some inspiring words
about what the future holds \h\h\h\h\hfor our community
from one of my heroes
and my dear friend, \h\hDaniel Dae Kim.
- What do I hope \hfor the future?
You know, I get asked that question a lot,
\h\h\h\hand every time I have the same answer,
which is I hope for the day \h\h\h\h\hthat we no longer
have to have conversations \h\h\h\h\h\hlike this one.
\h\h\hWhat I hope for is a day that we no longer have to talk
\h\habout underrepresentation or stereotypes or inequality
and worst of all \h\hacts of hate
and bigotry perpetrated against Asian-Americans
or any other marginalized \h\h\h\h\h\h\hcommunity.
\h\h\hBut if there’s anything we’ve learned from the events
\h\h\h\h\h\hof the recent past, it’s that we’re not there yet.
\h\h\h\hAnd until we are, we need to talk about it.
Now, we’ve moved forward.
Compared to even 20 years ago, there are very positive signs,
recognition from awards shows \h\h\h\h\h\hlike the Oscars,
the creation of a much-needed \h\h\horganization like TAAF,
and the fact that the program \h\hyou’re watching right now
\heven exists--they are all testaments to that.
\h\h\h\h\h\hHistorically, every community of color
has gone through periods \h\hwhere we’ve suffered
in the pursuit of equality.
\h\hFrom the hate and violence directed toward Asian-Americans
\hto the anti-Muslim rhetoric after 9/11 to the border wall
\h\hand immigration controversy affecting the Latinx community,
\hand, of course, George Floyd, BLM, the Civil Rights Movement,
and the shameful legacy \h\h\h\h\h\hof slavery,
\h\h\h\h\hwe’ve each been involuntary participants
in some of America’s \h\hdarkest chapters.
\h\h\h\hBut as we come to grips with these issues as a country,
\h\h\h\hit’s important that we do so together.
We cannot allow ourselves \h\h\hto be more divided
than we already are.
\h\hWe must understand that the source of the solution
\h\hwill end up coming from the same source as our problem--us.
And it’ll take hard work.
We have to be brave enough \h\h\h\hto ask one another
for allyship and at the same \h\htime to be understanding
and forgiving enough to provide that same allyship for others.
\hBecause in the end, it’s not about one race versus another.
\hIt’s about everyone versus bigotry and hate and racism.
\hAnd I’m not the only one who believes in this idea.
Someone else fought for it \h\hgenerations before us.
He fought for a place \h\h\h\hwhere racism
\h\h\hand all forms of discrimination,
bigotry, and prejudice \h\h\hwould be replaced
\h\hby an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.
\hAnd that place I just described,
\h\h\h\h\h\hit’s called the Beloved Community,
and the person who fought \h\h\h\hso bravely for it
was Martin Luther King Jr.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSo you ask me what I hope for the future?
That’s it,
bringing all of us together, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfamily,
\hfriends, neighbors, community organizers,
law enforcement, business leaders,
and legislators to achieve \h\hthe Beloved Community.
A special like this one \his an important step
\h\htoward getting there-- our communities standing up
\h\h\h\h\h\hin the face of such terrible heartbreak and tragedy
to collectively say \henough is enough.
No more.
We are not a virus.
And See Us Unite is another.
Each of these important steps \his what leads to a journey,
and our collective journeys \h\h\h\hlead to a movement.
I believe we can do it.
We must do it.
Because as another legend, \h\h\hBruce Lee, tells us,
\h\h\h"Under the heavens there is but one family."
announcer: Coming up, we close \hout this amazing celebration
of the AAPI community
with a big performance \h\h\hby Mike Shinoda
featuring iann dior \h\h\h\hand Upsahl.
[light funky music]
- He's a producer, rapper,
a diamond-selling artist,
and cofounder of the two-time
Grammy Award-winning rock band
Linkin Park, where he became the first Asian-American rapper
to have a number one album.
And tonight he's being joined by iann dior
and singer-songwriter Upsahl for their new collaboration.
Singing "Happy Endings,"
give it up for my good friend Mike Shinoda.
[upbeat music]
["Happy Endings" begins]
- ♪ Hey, at least in my mind ♪
♪ I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me ♪
♪ There, I hold my head high, get everything right ♪
♪ Delusional, maybe ♪
- ♪ Yo, this whole last year was a [...] show ♪
♪ Just finding out now what I didn't know ♪
♪ Seems like each time that I get low ♪
♪ I place blame everywhere that it shouldn't go ♪
♪ And that's what keeping me up ♪
♪ Falling apart, man, I keep it a buck ♪
♪ You still act like I'm holding you up ♪
♪ I still feel like I'm totally nuts so ♪
- ♪ Tell me what I should've said ♪
♪ And I'll pretend to know that ♪
♪ Things come out my mouth ♪
♪ That I should probably learn to hold back ♪
♪ Why do I expect to have ♪
♪ The patience that I don't have? ♪
♪ Over and over expecting a different result, yeah ♪
- ♪ Hey, at least in my mind ♪
♪ I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me ♪
♪ There, I hold my head high, get everything right ♪
♪ Delusional, maybe ♪
all: ♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings? ♪
♪ Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh ♪
both: ♪ Still, at least in my mind ♪
♪ I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me ♪
- ♪ They're like hey Mike ♪
♪ You can't keep kicking yourself ♪
♪ For the things you say, like ♪
♪ There's some people that you could never make right ♪
♪ And really do I want to sweat, no ♪
♪ I don't know why I don't let this go ♪
♪ Hold it inside, let it take control ♪
- ♪ Tell me what I should've said ♪
♪ And I'll pretend to know that ♪
♪ Things come out my mouth ♪
♪ That I should probably learn to ♪
both: ♪ Hold back ♪
- ♪ Why do I expect to have the patience ♪
both: ♪ That I don't have? ♪
- ♪ Over and over ♪
both: ♪ And over and over and oh my God ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪
both: ♪ At least in my mind ♪
♪ I'm feeling like I'm ♪
all: ♪ The hero that saves me ♪
♪ There, I hold my head high, get everything right ♪
♪ Delusional, maybe ♪
♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings? ♪
♪ Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh ♪
♪ Still, at least in my mind ♪
both: ♪ I'm feeling like I'm The hero that saves me ♪
- ♪ I keep telling myself to stop caring ♪
♪ 'Cause they live for keeping me staring ♪
♪ And they'll drag it on and make me respond ♪
♪ To get more retweets and more sharing ♪
♪ I don't need the manager, no Karen ♪
♪ 'Cause what's wrong, it seems so apparent ♪
both: ♪ 'Cause I'm too alive for bad [...] vibes ♪
♪ And I'm so damn sick of being stuck inside ♪
♪ Side, side, side, hey ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪
all: ♪ At least in my mind ♪
♪ I'm feeling like I'm the hero that saves me ♪
♪ There, I hold my head high, get everything right ♪
♪ Delusional, yeah, maybe ♪
♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings? ♪
♪ Where I'm better than we both know I could be, oh ♪
♪ Still ♪ both: ♪ At least in my mind ♪
- ♪ Yeah, in my mind ♪
both: ♪ I'm feeling like I'm ♪ - ♪ I feel like I'm ♪
- ♪ The hero that saves me ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ If I'm pretending ♪
both: ♪ Why not write happy endings? ♪
♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings ♪
- Yeah!
all: ♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings? ♪
♪ If I'm pretending, why not write happy endings? ♪
- Thank you so much for joining us tonight.
I love our beautiful community,
and I'm so proud to be an Asian-American,
and I continue to be inspired
by the fighting spirit of our community.
Together we can make positive changes for our kids
and for all generations to come.
Stay safe, stay strong, and good night, everybody.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪