Dodgers’ Manager Condemns Rising Violence Against Asian Americans

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the son of a Black father and a Japanese mother

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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the son of a Black father and a Japanese mother, is speaking out about the rise of violence against Asian Americans in the United States.

“Over the past year, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of hate crimes against Asian Americans and the Pacific Islander community,” Roberts wrote in an internal email to the Dodgers organization. “In recent months, those attacks have intensified and have targeted the elderly in California and New York — such bullying is cowardice.”

The email, first obtained by The Athletic, was sent out to the entire Dodgers organization, which has not publicly addressed the #StopAsianHate movement.

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