As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to fight the pandemic-fueled rise in AAPI hate — and to improve opportunities for Asian Americans across the nation — the White House has established a new AAPI visibility task force. The group will be tasked with advising President Biden and other D.C. lawmakers on issues important to the AAPI community.
Sakshi Venkatraman of NBC News reported that “as part of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, the group of academics, nonprofit leaders and activists will use their new roles to combat anti-Asian hate that has come to the fore during the pandemic.”
Among the 23 individuals named to the task force is Daniel Dae Kim, Korean American actor who rose to fame on the popular TV drama Lost who has since emerged as one of the most staunch and visible advocates against anti-Asian hate during the past two years of the pandemic.