{"id":5367,"date":"2022-05-11T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2022-05-11T10:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:30:03","slug":"nbc-news-nows-the-racism-virus-special-returns-hosted-by-vicky-nguyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/05\/11\/nbc-news-nows-the-racism-virus-special-returns-hosted-by-vicky-nguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS NOW\u2019S\u00a0&#8216;THE RACISM VIRUS&#8217;\u00a0SPECIAL RETURNS, HOSTED BY VICKY NGUYEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Primetime Special Features Exclusives with the NYPD Chief of Detectives &amp; the First Asian American to Officiate in the NFL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Streams on NBC News NOW on Wednesday, May 11 at 9 p.m. ET<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 11, 2022 \u2013 NBC News NOW and NBC Asian America will present&nbsp;<strong><em>The Racism Virus<\/em><\/strong>, a one-hour, primetime special hosted by NBC News\u2019&nbsp;<strong>Vicky Nguyen<\/strong>, focused on the hate and violence Asians in America have experienced since the pandemic began over two years ago. The special airs on Wednesday, May 11 at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second installment of&nbsp;<em>The Racism Virus<\/em>, Nguyen has an exclusive interview with the&nbsp;<strong>NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig<\/strong>&nbsp;to discuss New York\u2019s handling of the surge in anti-AAPI hate crimes. Plus, following the history-making hire of the first Asian American to officiate in the NFL,&nbsp;<strong>Lo van Pham<\/strong>&nbsp;speaks out for the first time to Nguyen. Additional interviews include actor&nbsp;<strong>Daniel Dae Kim<\/strong>, NBA player&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Lin<\/strong>, \u201cAngry Asian Man\u201d blogger&nbsp;<strong>Phil Yu<\/strong>, president and co-founder of GoldHouse&nbsp;<strong>Bing Chen<\/strong>&nbsp;and more as the special aims to cover how the AAPI community is coming together and moving forward amid the rise in hate and violence towards the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special is the latest in the streaming network\u2019s growing slate of original and special programming. 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