A month later — has UF addressed its own Asian hate? UF needs to do better Opinions generic Photo by Aubrey Bocalan | The Independent Florida Alligator March 16 shattered Asian America. That day, a white shooter murdered eight people in Atlanta spas. Six of the victims were Asian women. This incident wasn’t surprising given the United States’ history of anti-Asian racism, such as the Chinese massacre of 1871 or the Page Act of 1875, which aimed to protect the US from “immoral Chinese women.” March 16 also fell neatly in line with the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes this past year, with the New York Police Department reporting a 1900% increase in 2020.