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The suspect in the murders in Atlanta, and others in the police department, news outlets and countless other places, deny these murders were hate crimes motivated by racism. We believe they cannot see this racism because of the invisibility of Asians and discrimination against Asians in the United States, and the accepted normalization of Asian womxn as objects in our society. The suspect’s belief the eradication of Asian womxn would “remove the temptation” of sex addiction is a direct result of a society that hypersexualizes Asian womxn. Sexual objectification is the lived experience of Asian womxn in social and professional settings in this country. At the same time any sex educator will note our remarkable absence in literature and resources on body positive, healthy sexuality. This duality is the Asian American experience of being defined only as it serves the dominant white culture:
Share: People attend a candlelight vigil in Queens, NYC, for the eight victims of the mass shooting in Atlanta. (Sipa via AP Images)
The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars particularly the Korean War and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.
After he killed eight people in the Atlanta suburbs on March 16, the perpetrator told police that he “wanted to eliminate” the “temptation” of the massage parlors and spas he had targeted. While it is unclear if he actually said that he wanted to “Kill all Asians” as Korea’s
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Sung Yeon Choimorrow 1 POSTS 0 COMMENTS Sung Yeon Choimorrow is a first-generation immigrant working mom and serves as Executive Director of NAPAWF, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. She came to NAPAWF as their National Field Director to build a base of community leaders most affected by NAPAWF’s policy areas: immigrant rights, economic justice, and reproductive health, and she now oversees the organizing team.
The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening
The surge in hate crimes is feeding a new spirit of solidarity. But itâs also renewing a longstanding question for the movement: How do disparate sets of people unite without flattening their substantial differences?
By Noah Y. KimUpdated April 2, 2021, 3:05 a.m.
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Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.Stephanie Keith/Getty
An odd thing about the term âAsian Americanâ is that itâs more often used by nonprofits and census-takers than by the people itâs supposed to describe. Most Asian Americans â two-thirds according to some surveys â choose to identify themselves along ethnic, rather than racial, lines, calling themselves Korean or Bangladeshi Americans, for example, as opposed to Asian.