Korean boys' band BTS is set to meet with US President Joe Biden, an official White House statement said. In the US.
Exact details of the summit have not yet been released, but it is expected to take place this coming Tuesday - just days after Biden returned from his first trip to Asia as President of the United States, where he spent about three days in Seoul, the South Korean capital.
"President Biden has previously stressed his commitment to fighting the sharp rise in hate crimes against Asians in the United States (such as the murderous shooting attacks on Atlanta spa sites last year, DP), and even passed a law that gives authorities tools to identify, investigate and report hate crimes. Among these communities, "the statement said.
"The President and BTS will discuss the exploitation of the band members' status as youth ambassadors in order to spread messages of hope and positivity around the world."
This is not the first time that the K-Pop power has joined such a venture: BTS has partnered with UNICEF (the United Nations International Fund for Emergencies) in a campaign against violence called Love Myself, and has even appeared before the UN General Assembly. We were discriminated against because we were Asian, "the band tweeted in the past." We were cursed for no reason and ridiculed because of our looks.
We were even asked how it is that Asians speak English.
We can not describe in words how painful it is to be the object of hatred. "
The outbreak of the corona plague has led to a surge in cases of violence and crime against American Asians.
Between March 2020 and December 2021, more than 10,000 hate crimes were committed in the United States against this population.
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