DC Comics released a statement condemning anti-Asian racism following an increase in violent attacks against Asian and Asian-American people in the past several months.
The company posted an official statement across its official social media accounts, writing, "We're joining our WarnerMedia family to stand with the AAPI community in condemning the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, as well as all racist acts. For more resources, visit Stop AAPI Hate."
Posted as a graphic, the statement began, "Hate has no home here. Our stories wouldn't exits without diverse voices and perspectives. We condemn racism and xenophobia in all its forms, including the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in recent weeks and since the Covid-19 pandemic began."
DC went on to explain that it stands "in solidarity with the Asian community, as well as our family of Asian American and Pacific Islander colleagues, fans, and storytellers." DC ended the statement by once again directing fans to StopAAPIHate.org for more resources.
The condemnation was nearly identical to the one released by WarnerMedia just hours earlier. In its posts on social media, WarnerMedia also wrote, "The violent attacks on Asian-Americans are something none of us should tolerate."
The statements from WarnerMedia and DC come in the wake of a video going viral in January that showed a 91-year-old Asian man being violently pushed to the ground in Chinatown in Oakland, California. That incident was one of many similar attacks involving Asian victims in the Bay Area and New York City over the past few weeks.
Among the other incidents was one involving on a 52-year-old Chinese-American woman, who was attacked outside a bakery in Flushing, Queens, on Feb. 16. Two Asian seniors were also recently assaulted on the subway in separate attacks.
In response to the violence, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chairperson Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., along with a handful of other lawmakers, participated in a virtual press conference last week about the rise in anti-Asian American bias and xenophobia.
During the press conference, Chu noted that "what started as dirty looks and verbal assaults" at the beginning of the pandemic "escalated to physical attacks and violence against innocent Asian Americans." She added, "Just as many Asian Americans were preparing for the Lunar New Year over the past few weeks, we saw a surge in anti-Asian violence."
Asian entertainers including Jeannie Mai (The Talk), Daniel Dae Kim (Raya and the Last Dragon) and Daniel Wu (Into the Badlands) have also voiced concern and shown support for the Asian community by using their platforms and raising money to combat Anti-Asian racism.