After Atlanta Killings, America Grapples With Misogyny and Racism

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🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The murders of eight people in and around Atlanta last week have left Americans reeling from yet another mass killing. In an essay she penned for Vanity Fair, author R.O. Kwon wrote, “I am not spending any more of my limited time alive defending the humanity of marginalized people... This long, hard week, I have felt especially pulled toward the company of fellow Asian women.” The murders have many people questioning not only how women and Asian Americans are regarded in America, but also why so much of the focus has been on the shooter and not the victims. Mina Kim examines the intersection of misogyny and racism and the aftermath of the shootings with author R.O. Kwon, WABE reporter Emil Moffatt, and The New York Time’s Juliana Kim.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	Coming up on forum, less than a week after a gunman killed eight people, including six Asian Americans in the Atlanta area,
0:55.4	10 people are dead in Boulder after a gunman opened fire in a supermarket.
0:59.9	We'll get the latest developments on both mass shootings,
1:02.8	and we'll talk with writer R. O'Quan about her beautiful and difficult letter to Asian-American women
1:08.5	published in Vanity Fair days after the Atlantic killings.
1:12.5	Join us. The names of the victims in the mass shooting at a supermarket yesterday in Boulder, Colorado, have been released.
1:39.7	They include Nevin Stanisich, who was 23, Ricky Olds was 25 years old. Trilona Barcoviak was
1:46.2	49. Suzanne Fountain, 59. Terry Lecker was 51. Kevin Mahoney, 61. Lynn Murray, 62. Jody Waters,
1:55.7	65. Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley was 51, and Denny Strong was the youngest. Strong was 20 years old.
2:04.2	Joining me now is Natalia Navarro, a reporter for Colorado Public Radio for an update on the shootings.
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