LOS ANGELES (June 21st, 2024) — In its first episode of Trauma Bond, One Down delves deep into triggering topics such as loss, body shaming, and generational trauma. One Down brought two people from the Filipino community to share their raw experiences and emotions. #TraumaBondWithUs

One of the biggest Asian culture festivals in Los Angeles chose to center on Filipinos. This is Lotus Festival 2024!

If your immigrant parents are forced to sit down and hear your childhood traumas, would they listen? This mental health series explores that. One Down releases a trailer for their newest series Trauma Bond, with participants from the Filipino community, raw and unfiltered. 

On March 29, 2021 65-year old Filipina, Vilma Kari, was walking to church when she heard a man yell, “F*** you, Asian. You don’t belong here.” The man attacked Kari, kicking her, stomping on her head multiple times, and eventually fled the scene.

When Chinese immigrants first came to the US during the California Gold Rush, they faced severe racism due to being viewed as economic threats.

The Page Act of 1875 prohibited Asian women from entering the US, on the assumption that most were prostitutes and a danger to white males.

Donald Trump created a lot of stigma through rhetoric like “the China flu” or “Kung Flu.” In areas where Trump support was over 75%, a study found people avoided Asian restaurants at higher rates. But racist attitudes towards Asian food started before the COVID-era

In a new episode of Tabo Takes, One Down, a leading Filipino American media company with a global reach, collaborates with the Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) to uncover vulnerabilities that Filipino workers face in coming to “the land of the free.” While it may be controversial, the representative of PWC confirms it is unfortunately common that “Filipinos scam other Filipinos” and breaks down further topics on how abuse unfolds for domestic workers in our community.