Many Asian Americans in the United States have been verbally harassed, scattered, and injured for months in a “disgusting pattern of hatred” that coincides with the Covid-19 epidemic. The killing of eight people, mostly Asians, at three spas in the Atlanta area on Wednesday had already pushed the community, as no motive has yet been set by law enforcement.
“We don’t know if the incident is racially motivated, but you have to understand the fear that your community is sitting on,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of the coalition and Stop AAPI Hat, which monitors violence. “Harassment against Asian Americans and the people of the Pacific Islands.
Choi added, “At this point, if there is no evidence, we will not be able to cut Kovid (19) because of the fact that most of the victims were Asian women.”
The shooting in the Atlanta area has caused grief and emotion in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community across the country that it is a devastating increase in violence that has become increasingly familiar to them.
“I feel like it took her to a completely extreme level,” said Hannah Kim, a teacher at Novi in Michigan.
Kim, a 24-year-old Korean-American, said he often felt like he had scars on his back. Last year, one parent wanted to exclude her other students from her second-grade class because Kim was Asian.
“Will people tell me things?” Kim said he always asks himself. “Will people avoid me because they think I’m going to spread the virus for some reason?”
Hours before the shooting, API Hate released its latest data on the number of complaints made before the stop. The report was part of an effort to renew his call for concrete action against targeted extremism and discrimination.
The group has received a total of 3,292 complaints from all 50 states and Washington DC since March 19 last year. The group said at least 503 anti-Asian hate incidents had been reported in the past two months.
The majority of cases – about 68% – are cases of verbal harassment, while about 20% of cases are incidents of avoidance or avoidance. About 11% of incidents involve physical assault, according to Stop AAPI Hate.
State rip. Sam Park, the first Asian American Democrat to be elected to the state House in Georgia in 2016, said there was “obvious fear and unrest” in the Atlanta area following the shooting.
“It was an attack on Asian American women, members of our community, regardless of whether she was sexually motivated, and of course we want to do everything we can to save everyone,” Park told CNN.
Across the Atlanta metro area, the population of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders has grown significantly in recent years – reflecting a growing and diverse population trend across the state.
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum said some of its members in Atlanta are concerned about the safety of their families, including those working in salons.
“We are shocked and devastated by the violence in Georgia, which has claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian American women. We express our condolences to the families of these victims. We are terrified and concerned for the safety of our community members.” Executive Director Sung Yeon Chomorong said in a statement that the country has seen an increase in violence against Asian Americans.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
“(K) Now at the rising level of hate crimes against our Asian American brothers and sisters, we want to speak with them in solidarity and accept that none of us should ever remain silent in the face of hatred,” Harris St. Patrick’s Day Irish Said during a bilateral meeting with officials.
Last week, President Biden addressed the nation on the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 dam. During his speech, he condemned the hatred and discrimination faced by Asian Americans.
CNN’s Nicwell Terry Ellis, Natasha Chen, Priya Krishnakumar and Maddalen Holkobe contributed to this report.
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