Ep 400: Ronald W. Wong on “The Race Epidemic” Documentary

What started as a film project to chronicle the campaign of California State Treasurer John Chiang as he ran for governor later expanded into a rivetting documentary about the reality of hate-speech and violence aimed at innocent AAPIs, both in the past history of America and in the present-day scapegoating of AAPIs due to the politicization of the COVID pandemic. Public affairs consultant and long-time civil rights advocate Ronald W. Wong, along with his Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation, have produced “The Race Epidemic: Resurgence of the Yellow Peril,” as a clarion call for more AAPIs to speak out and push back against racism and xenophobia aimed at our communities.