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Daniel Dae Kim Asks Congressional Committee to Show "Empathy" for Asian Americans Facing Bias

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Daniel Dae Kim originally did not intend to testify in front of theU.S. House Committee on the Judiciary about diversity in the media— but one House vote last week changed his mind.

As the Hawaii 5-0 actor and The Good Doctor executive producer testified on the diversity in media hearing on Thursday, he initially thought the importance of diversity in media was "self-evident" and didn't need a hearing.

He changed his mind after seeing about 40 percent of the House vote "no" the week prior on House Resolution 908, which called for "public officials to condemn and denounce anti-Asian sentiment, racism, discrimination, and religious intolerance related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and [for] federal law enforcement officials,.

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