The young band reflects on their newfound fame after a clip of their performance at the
Los Angeles public library exploded online
Mila, 10, had barely heard of the
Coronavirus when a boy in her school said his father told him to stay away from Chinese people.
“It was my first experience of
racism, and I didn’t really know how to respond,” said the Los Angeles girl, recounting the conversation in fourth grade in March 2020, just before
California shut down. She told him she was Chinese – and he backed away.