LOS ANGELES — Becky Chen decided it was finally time to talk to her mother about racism.
A gunman had just killed eight people, including six of Asian descent, in the Atlanta area. It was the latest in a string of attacks on Asians in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Chen, a student at Arcadia High, was so nervous that she framed the conversation as an interview for an essay she was writing.
