Joe Biden condemns Asian racism

US President Joe Biden called on Americans to join forces against hate, warning that “our silence is a conspiracy” in the face of racism.

Biden and Ms. Kamala Harris, US Vice President I visited Georgia yesterday (March 19) to meet with leaders of the Asian American community. After the shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, eight people died, six of whom were Asian women.

Although the police have not yet concluded the motive for the crime. But the crime comes amid growing racial hostility following the COVID-19 outbreak. Which Asian people are accused of being the source of transmission of this virus?

“Racism is a poison that has persecuted and threatened our country for a long time. Americans have to work together to end it, ”Biden said.

President of the United States also called on members of Congress to expedite the passage of a hate crime bill involving COVID-19 proposed by two Asian-American MPs.

Biden noted that this bill will help support the work of the federal and local governments. To improve the reporting of hate crimes AND to ensure that the Asian American community has more access to hate crimes.

“Hate has no more refuge in the United States. It has to go away, ”and“ it’s up to all of us to stop it, ”Biden said.

Local officials on Friday released a list of the fatalities from the shooting at three of Georgia’s eight resorts, and another victim was undergoing surgery at the hospital.

Even Mr. Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old white American, suspected of shooting. You can be arrested by the authorities. And charged with murder and wounding others until he was seriously injured. It will give the investigating officer that the motivation stems from “Sex Addiction” to the need to find a way to release But police investigations and many other parties still disbelieve. And make the assumption that this assassination may have been motivated in part by the recent escalation in anti-Asian sentiment.