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A March 4 candlelit memorial in Fountain Valley, Calif., pays tribute to victims of anti-Asian hate crimes amid the pandemic
To name anti-Asian racism in the U.S. means confronting centuries of discrimination, violence and oppression—and recognizing how it manifests in the present day
It was heartbreaking and horrifying—but to many, it wasn’t a surprise.
The news that eight people, six of them Asian-American women, were killed at businesses in the Atlanta area on March 16 came after a year of intense anti-Asian racism in the U.S. On the platforms where news arrives first, and quickly attaches to feelings, emotions were already raw.