For Immediate Release
October 31, 2014
Contact: Andre Levesque
Phone: (916) 626-6804

FULLERTON, CA — Members of the California Women’s Leadership Association and the local Asian American community today condemned the Sharon Quirk-Silva for Assembly campaign for campaign mail that prominently displays the words “Not One of Us” next to a photo of her opponent, Korean-American Young Kim.

The mail with the offensive messaging began showing up in local mail boxes this week.

“I have endured racism my entire life as an Asian-American, constantly being questioned about where I was born, etc. and I will not tolerate racist comments to be made against an Asian-American simply because she chose to run for public office,” said Councilwoman Ling-Ling Chang, the Republican nominee for Assembly in the neighboring 55th District.

“As the founding executive director of CWLA and as a Fullerton City Councilwoman it has long been my passion to support women to run for office,” said Jennifer Fitzgerald. “In a diverse community like ours, these racial implications are unacceptable. Whether or not that was the intention, it was an irresponsible message to send to Fullerton voters.”

Young Kim is a long time community leader in north Orange County and the Republican nominee in the 65th Assembly district.

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