Facing Race: Washington sees a surge in Asian activism

When she looked out onto the crowd standing at Seattle's Hing Hay Park, one word came to mind: surreal.

Hundreds of people, young and old, gathered together to protest against hate crimes against Asian Americans.

Madeleine Magana, 20, was one of the young activists who organized a rally and march in the Chinatown-International District.

"I remember seeing some of our Asian elders in the back trying to keep up with the march," Magana said. "One of them had a walker and I was...