Dan Brody, an attorney with Robinson & Cole in Hartford, left, and Emily Covey, a law student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, right. Courtesy photos 'Sprayed Me With Lysol': Asian American Lawyers Battle Racism Linked to Coronavirus
"Only a movement creates change. Moments do nothing," attorney Dan Brody said. "It's on us to use these moments to create a movement."
March 23, 2021 at 06:35 PM
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As University of Connecticut School of Law student Emily Covey prepares to graduate this spring and start her career in the Boston office of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, she's also well aware of both subtle and outright aggression directed toward Asian Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study after study bears out what Covey has experienced walking down the street, in her apartment building and even in a parking lot: Asian Americans have a target on their back because the coronavirus pandemic originated in China.
DATA: Anti-Asian Hate Crime Reported to Police in America's Largest Cities: 2019 & 2020
For 28-year-old Covey, adopted from her native China by an American family, she says the incidents she endured are heartbreaking.
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