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Rally Against Anti-Asian Violence
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Audience members held signs and wore masks on Saturday for “Love Our Communities,” a rally against anti-Asian hate and violence.
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“I feel exhausted from the rage I feel every single day,” said Tanny Jiraprapasuke, her voice cracking with emotion.
Three generations share a message of unity.
Jiraprapasuke, a Thai American, spoke eloquently on Saturday about the incident that she said forever changed her life. Approximately 1,000 filled JANM Plaza on sunny, cool Saturday afternoon for “Love Our Communities: Stop Asian Hate,” a rally in response to the rise in attacks against Asian Americans since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Atlanta shootings increase fear in Asian American communities amid rise in racist attacks Nelson Oliveira
The fatal shootings of multiple Asian women at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday reignited fears in Asian communities across the country amid an alarming surge in violent attacks against them since the pandemic began.
Police on Wednesday said they could not immediately confirm that suspect Robert Long who’s accused of killing eight people, including six Asian women was driven by hate against Asians. But the lack of an official motive was little consolation to many Asian Americans, especially women, who feel the latest attack would only exacerbate the fear and pain they continue to endure.
Stoked By Trump, Paranoia About China Is Fueling Anti-Asian Racism
The White House isn t spreading racist terms anymore, but the Biden administration and lawmakers in both parties still depict Beijing as a dark national security threat.
Before a series of shootings in the Atlanta area this week that disproportionately targeted people of Asian descent, members of the Asian American community spent months expressing alarm that high-profile figures including then-President Donald Trump were inciting violence by telling Americans to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic.
Their warnings largely went unheeded. And despite Trump’s departure from office and evidence of rising violence against Asian Americans, influential voices from politicians to foreign policy experts are still speaking of an existential competition with Beijing in ways that could spur violence towards people perceived as being linked to China.