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Following the murder of eight people in Atlanta, Georgia, six of whom were Asian women, people around the world speak against violence against Asians who have greatly increased at the end. An important figure that led the load in awareness awareness awareness long before the last tragedy in Georgia - isDaniel Dae Kim. Since the past year, theLost The actor was strongly involved in the fight to stop hate crimes against the Island American and Pacific Asian community, which increased during the CVIV-19 pandemic. And on Wednesday, he shared a very personal story about his familyRacism experience.

Appearing onCuomo Prime Time On March 17, Kim revealed thatHis sister was a victim of a hate crime six years ago. He noted that he had not shared the story previously before, but chose from now on because of his connection to the recent mass fire. Kim's sister tried to fight for justice for herself, but was denied by those in power, according to Kim.

Read it to see what Kim shared his sister and learn more about his work in supporting the AAPI community. And for more on the collar, here is11 powerful photos of the vigils after Atlanta shootings.

"My sister was the victim of a hate crime in 2015," said Kim onCuomo Prime Time. He explained that she ran in her own neighborhood on the road to the road when a man in a car shouted at him to go on the sidewalk. "She said she would do that and the man then saved and struck her with the car," Kim continued. "And when my sister turned around and he was shocked and told him that you just hit me, he saved the car and, like my sister, struck her, struck her again, striking her on the ground."

Kim said he and his sister had then discovered that man had a history of violence against Asian women, but the district lawyer told his sister: "We will never have a crime of hatred. You should Simply hope for everything you can get. "

Kim stated that his sister's attacker "ended up guilty of imprudent driving when he used his car like a weapon to kill my sister." He pursued: "And there was no one in the system that was ready to help him to bring this matter to bring appropriate justice."

The part that most strikes Kim as being similar to the last shots is the reaction he says that his sister has had a judge. Addressing the Murder press in Georgia, Cherokee County Sheriff spokesman,Jay Baker, says that the suspect had"A very bad day." (Several points of sale have now reported that in a former Facebook public last year,Baker shared a photo of T-shirts wearing a racist slogan blaming China for the pandemic of Covid.) Kim told the hostChris CuomoThat a judge told his sister of the man who struck her, "I can understand why this guy was frustrated, I'm frustrated too."

Thursday, March 18,Kim will testify Before the judicial subcommittee of the Chamber on Constitution, civil rights and civil liberties. Wednesdayto interviewTodayKim shared that he spoke of his experience and what happened in the country with respect to increased anti-Asian racism, as well as two invoices in particular, "the law on hate crimes ... in conjunction with the bill without hatred ".

"These bills allow our community organizations to help victims of this kid abuse," said the actor. "It also regulates and streamlines the process of hate crimes."

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"If you have a platform, I'm asking you to use it," said Kim onToday. "If you have money, I ask you to donate. There is a fund called theStop the Asian Fund hate. This is the AAPI community fund. "TheNew AmsterdamThe Actor emphasized that donors can choose from a list of organizations they want their donation to have or simply contribute to a general fund. It also continues to share reflections and resources On his Twitter page .