'Shang-Chi' Star Simu Liu Speaks Out About Anti-Asian Racism & Violence

justjared.com:

Simu Liu is getting candid about anti-Asian sentiment. The Shang-Chi star got candid in an op-ed for Variety on Thursday (March 11) amid a rise of anti-Asian violence in the United States. “I worry a lot about my parents these days.

It used to be the other way around; they’d be the ones nitpicking at me, always finding something to fuss about whenever I visited home…now, much to their chagrin, the tables have turned and I am the one who worries: Did you hear what happened to the Thai American man who was out on his morning walk?

Do you know what’s happening out there? You have to stay away from people!!!” he wrote. “I fear for my parents’ safety because of a virus, although perhaps not the one you’re thinking of.