A Look At Anti-Asian Violence One Year After The Atlanta Shootings

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

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It's been one year since a white man opened fire at three spas in the Atlanta area killing eight people — six of whom were Asian women.

Since the beginning of the pandemic there has been an alarming rise in hate crimes against Asian people in America, and a majority of the victims are women.

Harmful stereotypes of Asian Women play a huge role here — often portrayed in pop culture as demure, exotic, hyper sexualized, or carriers of disease.

CNN journalist Amara Walker discusses what it feels like to live with these stereotypes and the threat of violence as an Asian American woman.

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0:00.0	Russell Jung is a co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate.
0:03.9	AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
0:06.9	And since 2020, he has been documenting anti-Asian hate incidents.
0:11.6	That's why sadly I wasn't surprised last year to see Elvars killed.
0:15.2	I wasn't surprised by the Atlanta shootings because I saw the extent of the hate.
0:20.2	He's of course referring to the deadly shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area one year ago this week,
0:25.6	where a white man killed eight people, including six Asian women.
0:30.8	His group has tracked nearly 11,000 hate incidents between March 2020, the start of the pandemic,
0:37.4	and just last December. Of course, none of this is a coincidence.
0:41.9	Why do you keep calling this the Chinese virus?
0:44.9	Why do you keep using this?
0:46.2	Because it comes from China.
0:48.1	It's not racist at all. No, not at all.
0:50.4	It comes from China. That's why it comes from China.
0:54.1	What would it be accurate?
0:55.6	Former President Trump helped fuel anti-Asian sentiment through his rhetoric and his policies.
1:01.4	The Trump administration banned Chinese scientists and researchers.
1:04.7	He suspended migration visas. He extended the Muslim ban.
1:08.5	He cut refugee resettlement. He cut H1B visas.
1:12.6	All those policies disproportionately targeted Asians.
1:16.0	But it's not just recent anti-Asian policies.
1:18.8	Decades of harmful stereotypes about Asian people in movies, TV,
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