'Like the virus, unchecked aggression has the potential to spread wildly.'
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"The pandemic is reminding us that our belonging is conditional. One moment we are Americans, the next we are all foreigners, who 'brought' the virus here," Cho remarks in his open letter, citing that Asian Americans across the country are now fearing that they could be targeted by a hate crime. "I called my parents a few nights ago to tell them to be cautious when stepping out of the house, because they might be targets of verbal or even physical abuse,""The Grudge" star reveals, before saying why his call is not out of the ordinary these days.Cho, who came to the U.S. from South Korea when he was 6, continues,"The fact that the coronavirus seems to have originated in China has spawned a slew of anti-Asian hate crimes.
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