One year later, the Atlanta spa shootings; plus, tech on TV

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It's been one year since the Atlanta-area spa shootings that claimed eight lives, six of whom were Asian women. Guest host Elise Hu reflects on the event with Nicole Chung, author of the memoir All You Can Ever Know and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. They discuss their own experiences and the unprecedented violence that Asian Americans—especially Asian American women—are facing.

Plus, are tech TV shows about failures and scams a worthy critique or part of the problem? Elise and Nitasha Tiku, tech culture writer for the Washington Post, discuss the latest TV adaptations of tech scandals: WeCrashed, Super Pumped, and The Dropout. Then, a game of 'Who Said That?' with Nitasha's friend and colleague Heather Kelly.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Issa. I'm here to introduce the host, my mom, Elise.
0:06.3	Alright, let's start the show!
0:11.3	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, and as my daughter Issa said there, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:18.0	I'll be your guest host for a little while.
0:21.5	So this week we marked a difficult anniversary.
0:24.5	It's hard to believe it, but it's been one year since the Atlanta area shootings that targeted three spots.
0:29.9	A white man killed eight people, most victims, were Asian women.
0:35.2	That tragedy shocked and shook us and was particularly painful for a lot of Asian Americans like me.
0:41.2	In the aftermath, our communities and allies came together for visuals and rallies and campaigns to stop Asian hate.
0:49.0	But now one year on, Asian Americans, women especially, continue being targeted.
0:54.6	Reports of anti-Asian hate crimes have reached record levels.
0:58.4	One report shows that anti-Asian hate crimes increased by more than 300% last year.
1:04.0	And since the start of this year, among others we've lost is Michelle Goh.
1:08.2	Killed after someone pushed her onto New York subway tracks.
1:11.7	Also, Christina Unileh, who a man stabbed to death after following her home.
1:17.2	This influx of hate isn't something we can handle alone, so I called up Nicole Chunk to help process all this.
1:24.6	She is the author of the memoir, all you can ever know, and also a contributing writer for the Atlantic.
1:30.5	We talked about what's changed or hasn't since the Atlanta shootings.
1:34.2	How to cope and what we can hope for for our families and our communities.
1:40.6	Nicole, we're talking because a year has passed since the horrific violence we saw in Atlanta.
1:45.8	Eight people were killed. Six of them, Asian women.
1:49.8	That tragedy is a moment where ongoing racism against Asians.
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