Celebrities unite in call to #StopAsianHate following Atlanta killings

UPDATE: Cherokee County, GA Sheriff's office says they have charged Robert Aaron Long with 4 counts of murder and one count of aggregated assault, so far, in this case. https://t.co/bMX61a2Frq

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 17, 2021

The Pulse Nightclub shooter was known to frequent that club. It didn’t make his killing of 49 LGBTQ people there less an act of hate, however personally conflicted he may have been.

Don’t let them change the Atlanta narrative.#StopAsianHate

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 17, 2021

Last night was an act of pure racist hatred. This is very personal to me as a mom of a child who is both Black & Asian. But it shouldn’t have to be personal to know its wrong. Speak up. Hashtags are nice but actions save lives. Standing w/ the AAPI community. #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/Rtx1b2AZW9

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) March 17, 2021

Asians are not a monolith.

The continent includes around 48 countries and 3 territories, all with unique cultures, food customs and traditions.

But a racist attack against one of us is an attack against all of us. #StopAsianHate

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 17, 2021

The targeting of our Asian brothers and sisters is sickening, but not surprising given the normalizing of anti-Asian hate speech in the past year. We have to #StopAsianHate, enough is enough!

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 17, 2021

#StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/VnEPzFIR3J

— DWade (@DwyaneWade) March 17, 2021

This is sooo heartbreaking...praying for our world. To my Asian American family, please take time to grieve but know youre loved, seen and IMPORTANT. We have to keep standing up, speaking out, rallying together and fighting for change. We cannot lose hope!! ❤️#StopAsianHate #NOW https://t.co/Xm4ojbJALw

— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) March 17, 2021

I know these women. The ones working themselves to the bone to send their kids to school, to send money back home. In too much pain to know what else to say so I’ll just leave this here. https://t.co/Dz7wKkbADy

— Lulu Wang (@thumbelulu) March 17, 2021

Wake up... your Asian friends and family are deeply scared, horrified, sick to their stomachs and wildly angry. Please please please check in on us, please please please stand with us. Please. Your Asian friend needs you, even if they aren’t publicly grieving on social media. x

— Lana Condor (@lanacondor) March 17, 2021

Absolutely horrible. Sending love to all the loved ones of those whose lives were taken. Our nation needs to reckon with the increased threats being directed at our Asian-American brothers and sisters. https://t.co/52DCKPeDOt

— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 17, 2021