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I AM A DEMARCO MORGAN.

I AM SUZANNE MARQUES.

- - NOW THE SCARE IS WORKING

RACISM.

- - IS IN DOWNTOWN LA.

KARA, GOOD MORNING.

THE MAIN MESSAGE WAS SPREAD

FACTS, NOT FEAR.

LA COUNTY SUPERVISOR HILDA SO

LISA SPOKE OUT ABOUT WHAT

APPEARS TO BE A CASE OF RACIAL

BACKLASH AGAINST A 16-YEAR-OLD

STUDENT.

WHEN I HEARD OF THE RECENT

INCIDENT OF A YOUNG CHILD BEING

BULLIED AND ACTUALLY WAS

ASSAULTED BECAUSE HE WAS

POINTED OUT AS BEING OF ASIAN

BACKGROUND.

AND THE CHILDREN UNFORTUNATELY,

REPEAT THINGS THAT ARE SET BY

OTHER PEOPLE.

INCLUDING THEIR OWN PARENTS.

SO WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO

THAT.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A RATIONAL

DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S

HAPPENING.

WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE

ARE EDUCATED OURSELVES OF OUR

OWN PREJUDICES.

THAT MEANS CHECKING YOURSELF.

THINK BEFORE YOU ACT.

ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING BASED

ON A GROSS GENERALIZATION OR

STEREOTYPE ABOUT ONE GROUP?

ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THIS

INSTANCE WHEN PEOPLE ARE

FEARFUL.

THE 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT

ATTACKED WAS TAKEN TO THE ER TO

BE CHECKED OUT.

THE LAPD SAYS IT'S

INVESTIGATING.

COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO URGED

ANYONE WHO FEELS TARGETED TO

CALL EITHER 9-1-1 IN THE CASE

OF A PHYSICAL ASSAULT OR 211 TO

REPORT HARASSMENT.

PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS STRESSING

THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IS NOT

SPREADING IN LA OR THE U.S.

RIGHT NOW.

AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE AT

GREATER RISK OF THE FLU.

A SMALL NUMBER OF CASES, 15

TOTAL THAT DID JUST GO UP BY

ONE WITH A NEW CASE IN TEXAS.

SEVEN OF THE PATIENTS ARE IN

CALIFORNIA.

IN CHINA, THE DENTAL HAS SPIKED

WITH 254 NEW THAT SPIRIT THAT

BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER TO AT

LEAST 1359.

AND THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED

CASES TO MORE THAN 60,000.

THE LA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF

SCHOOLS ALSO SPOKE SAYING THEIR

LEADING AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE

STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT

WHAT THEY CONSIDER A GLOBAL

HEALTH THREAT.

OUR GOAL IS TO SEND OUT

ACCURATE INFORMATION TO ALL OF

OUR 80 DISTRICTS.

REACHING OVER 2 MILLION

CHILDREN.TO TELL THEM THERE

IS NO NEED FOR EXCESSIVE FEAR.

THAT THERE IS VERY MINIMAL RISK

OF CONTACTING THE CORONAVIRUS.

AND THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE

ANY TYPE OF BULLYING.

AND THEY HAVE HAD A DEAL,

WITH CALLS WITH SOME FAMILIES

FOR CLASSES TO BE CANCELED.

THERE STRESSING THERE'S NO NEED