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director's office on Asian Affairs.
I'm here with my director

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Sean Townsend with the mayor's Office
of Nightlife and Culture.

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This Bowen director's Office of
Religious Affairs. So we're

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here to welcome you to this historic
Chinatown. We're happy to

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be. we're so happy to let the China
Town get in for business.

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The district is open for business.
There's a lot of stuff

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happening in the news everything
that's happening. People know

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that this is still warm. Welcoming
so yeah. how further do

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we're here at new big Wall to have
some lunch response at

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nighttime to come to we've done
and having a good time at

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nightclubs popular go in town at
nighttime. Yup Reverend both

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and we believe that good information
will become our fears.

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Alex is right now this place to
do well. let's go in yes.

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You know, we know that the years
and we're still here, you know

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the resilience kind of residents
and businesses has been to

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witness so you know this is a real
leather too, but make sure

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that everybody knows that your child
is still the place to be.

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you know we've ordered something
it will come pretty soon. I'm

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looking forward to it. So yeah I
guess the idea I wanna point

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out. This is a message that sort
of spreading throughout the

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not only at nighttime but the business
industry in DC is that

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You know the Corona virus is not
Associated or affiliated with

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any type of race or ethnicity. although
you know in in China

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that does not mean cuz the China
Town the Corona virus I've

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actually been here a couple of nights
ago in the big Wall. for

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dental, you know I just wanted to
make sure that you know folks

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folks you know. I think this is
a real conversation a good

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conversation for having because
you know that is a stigma. That

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folks are currently thinking that
if I see something down the

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Street with a mask on do they have
Corona virus and that's just

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not simple. oftentimes It's for
their benefit. Yeah. yeah. So

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yeah. So I think working that we're
having these things. The

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mayor has all sorts of information
resources that are out there

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Corona virus DC dot Gov is the new
website that's been set up

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home to all of this information
that residents and tourists can

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always access websites against Corona.
Dot DC. That's right,

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Yup and it's a one -stop shop. Okay.
it's related to how our

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city is preparing and you know we
think you need to do to be

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safe what you did that come on down
Alright. Also, along with

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the all the rights I have been sharing
the mayor for the last

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years is that we stand up for our
values. tell us that when the

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body we're And we unfortunately
that fear in this equation

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things of God that normally aren't
done and so it's not only

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for coming but also let you know
we're standing with you. I'm

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encouraging all the normal pictures
to continue to kind of

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town. I ask that our community have
not been attacked. You're

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not coming in place of knowledge
time. I'm standing by standing

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with and make sure that.

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Because this week has been a very
tough and dress for the worst

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in a business because they are their
income come their finished

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minimum wage are only survived on
the fifth. There's no

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fifties. just got a community how
long has been in business

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here at this location, Mister Salas.

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My family can hear from.

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we have been through so many terrible
things that have happened

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in the district of the District
of Columbia and the District of

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Columbia stands up for its people
during the rides when they

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burn out all of seven streets, my
neighbors around student

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abilities to protect their murders.
Our homes, this is a

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business. The mirror is doing it
for now, so the public and

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explain to people that is not the
problem and not the way it's

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gonna be a virus. Unfortunately,
people make it hopefully. What

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we're asking is the public to be
more open-minded. This is not

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a this is is a health scare that
all of. It will survive it. We

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need to be careful, but we also
need to support our businesses

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so that we as a country take a big
economic downfall we need.

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But careful, I'm a minder of a quote
from Doctor King. what

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impacts one record impact all of
us That is true. There's not

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many of us left here in China County.
We're struggling to stay

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so anything that the public can
help us would be not you know

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our gallery is literally around
the corner and it has you know

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we made from the fashion lights
and the Wilson building. We've

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been you know but we're close to
Chinatown. Which is something

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that we've always appreciated not
only because it keeps us in

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line with with our residents. A
resident always to buy you know

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and say hello and as our sins, yes.
but speaking of which oh

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yeah, our office always know that
when we have a potluck for

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lunch and some to bring whatever
they were gonna bring that we

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can come to him and come to the
restaurants and fill out our

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lunch today that our potluck that
we got off the bed so that

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has been part of our. Business not
because it's not just being

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a district residents so so we have
here. this looks really good

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in general. So that's what I believe
yes. so what else could be

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worse?

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You get the Chinese.

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So this is.

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Wow. Who's gonna go for you as we
knew that this is what you

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wanted so if if it for 20 years
was this so that's how long the

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the best one open? Yes. So this
is all over. great to watch

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that.

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Chinese. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
you.

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okay. This is pork beef. okay everyone
should have.

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Thank you.

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Green. My mom.

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Okay. So before we start last words.

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Come see you I'm offering prayer,
but I like to offer a

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blessing. Even during we're thankful

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for thank you for all of us. committed
to making sure that all

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of us have a place in Washington.
Thanks for that. Amen. Thank

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you and I'd like to open an audience.
Whoever is winning today,

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China Town at the new big restaurant,
letting people know that

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China Town and all of our small
are open for business and you

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proactive at home. also that is
at your faith and to help

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discrimination. Townsend can you
talk a little bit about what

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bars and Nightclub is everyone else
in DC can do to improve the

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situation probably probably. I think
we can all you know,

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continue to share issue about the
virus and how we can prevent

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it from spreading or answering the
city of YouTube, their

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express elbow when you call and
you're constantly wash your

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hands of advertisement as long as
they're six percent of

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alcohol in it and that was information
out going on a virus

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questions or concerns. That you
may have about the virus or

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additional information about how
they can you know, take the

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measures. Honestly, I encourage
all of our business and not

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just that night as well to visit
the website and contact me you

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see there in addition. I would also
refer people and talk about

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some of the discrimination that
we've unfortunately seen we

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haven't seen it. fortunately. Escalate
a level of physical

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violence that we've seen this happen
elsewhere and so we know

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that DC has very robust laws in
the office of keep companion

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for Sam, the You know to address
some of those challenges so

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that you preferred political office
of piece and so they're

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gonna be a resource as well. so
if folks are witnessing service

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discrimination without that they
should report it to should

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stand in as an ally and to hear
you know come to the discontent

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top two folks exhibiting the values
of my shampoo that we

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practice as part of our DC values.
Hey, it's inspiring

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everybody can do you know whether
it's in being a good

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Samaritan vintage or reporting it
to the office of Yeah. I

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think people are about wild people.
Silent and that's something

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to the credit don't make something
that happens. We're not

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arrogant instead. Which is why we
today, we'll let you know we

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as a city that we do have resources
like the Office of United.

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Here. you see that that makes your
rights are protected against

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discrimination.

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And for those that just jumped again
took more about how it's

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impacted your children. how to impact
where we end and where we

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are currently, I mean what is the
situation in the particular

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restaurant? They have lost in this
particular strength they

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have lost over seven of their business.
They're surviving the

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nightlife. The people are not afraid
to come out at night, but

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for whatever reason their lunch
business has gone down from a

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full dining to maybe 34 days that
there's no way live at the

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right thing. They need to be less
of it and for people to come

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out and and stay don't have anything
to fear from. If you don't

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and you struck up an appetite Street
northwest very delicious

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food in general is all shrimp. I
highly recommend if not they

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don't care. that's snack be open
to people.