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A police line is hung around the Gold Massage Spa in Atlanta, Georgia, where three employees were killed on the 16th in a shooting at the hands of a white male in his twenties. Atlanta = EPA Yonhap News
The serial shootings that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on the 16th (local time), had a great impact on the local Korean community. As four out of eight victims were identified as Korean, concerns were raised about whether the recently sparked Asian hate crimes had their roots in American society.
Immediately after the incident, concerns and sighs crossed in an online space where many Koreans gathered. A Korean citizen posted a post on the social networking service (SNS) Twitter, saying: “A Korean woman between the ages of 50 and 70 was murdered. It is terrible to think that my mother, my aunt and my grandmother could have been victims ”. Another Korean resident was discouraged, “I was born in Atlanta and I lived with hope, but today that hope seems to have disappeared.” The owner of a Korean massage parlor told local media: “The four people who died were common neighbors who worked as managers, reception staff and massage therapists at a nearby spa.”
Koreantown, located in North Atlanta, is the second largest Korean community in the United States after Koreantown in West Los Angeles (LA). It is also the centerpiece of the economic cooperation between Korea and the United States, with 113 Korean companies such as Kia Motors and SK Innovation. The shock wave was even bigger, with just 1,01,277 Koreans living in Georgia, where Atlanta belongs (as of 2019).
Celebrities also fought back, showing their anger at racial crimes and commemorating the victims. Senator Rafael Warnock (Demo), whose district is Georgia, tweeted: “I am heartbroken by this tragedy. Hate is fatal. “American professional basketball (NBA) star LeBron James also accused the suspect of” a coward who did something tragic and senseless, “saying,” I express my condolences to all the victims and the entire Asian community. ” Additionally, K-pop fans in the United States, including BTS’s ‘Mi’ fan club, are promoting the seriousness of racial hatred by launching a hashtag campaign on social media that reads ‘#StopAsianHate’.
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