The fatal shootings of eight people — six of them women of Asian descent — at Georgia spa businesses in March propelled Claire Xu into action.
Within days, she helped organize a rally condemning violence against Asian Americans that drew support from a broad group of activists, elected officials and community members.
But her parents objected.
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