Jensina Hawkins: We would like to see that coordinated statement to our community saying that hatred, targeting, terrorizing is not allowed for any demographic.
Presenter: Jensina Hawkins and Jenny Jonak have been speaking at public meetings and community organizations about the upcoming AAPI Public Safety Forum. Here’s Jensina Hawkins speaking to Lane County commissioners Oct. 21:
Jensina Hawkins: I wanted to draw your attention to the rash of burglaries targeting Asian homes. It’s been very heavily covered in the news that 21 Asian homes, people with Asians living in them, typically Asian business owners, have been burglarized by what appears to be a South American criminal ring.
[00:00:34] When you think about the number 21, in the city of Eugene, at least, Asians make up less than 4% of our demographic. So that 21 is a huge number. And I would challenge you to think about how many of you even know 21 agents, 21 households, could you point out where 21 Asian homes are? So that number is just absolutely enormous to us…