Things are getting real tense and dangerous for Asian Americans due to all the anti-Asian hate crimes recently. There has been a spike in xenophobia and violence towards the Asian diaspora ever since the coronavirus outbreak. A Los Angeles television executive producer by the name of Valerie Chow recently became a victim of such a crime as she was walking her dog, reports Asamnews.

Chow said she was outside her apartment building walking her dog when a man confronted her. The man verbally abused her, tried to punch her, and even tried to kick her dog.

“I was just attacked for being Asian-American,” Chow said. “A man started throwing punches at me. He started trying to kick my dog.

“Screaming ‘get inside, go back to China you nasty B***h.’

“We are in an emergency. Asian Americans are subject to hate crimes. It is not the ‘China Virus.’ That is NOT an accurate term.”

“I am now worried about leaving to walk my dog every day. I’m terrified. Please support Asian Americans. Be cool to Asians.”

Valerie Chow was mobilizing her tv production co, Thirsty Tiger to launch #becool2asians + combat anti-Asian COVID-19 hate when she was attacked for being Asian. She’s now channeling fear + anger into producing positive messaging about the Coronavirus. Stay tuned for our videos! pic.twitter.com/1gZUy0AfMv — Be Cool 2 Asians (@becool2asians) March 27, 2020

Becool2Asians is a nonprofit started by Valerie Chow to fight coronavirus-related hate crimes.

On their Gofundme, it states: “We’re a grassroots collective of veteran media and television entertainment professionals … We’re donating our time and resources to launch and maintain a national media campaign.”