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Today, Explained

Racism, misogyny, and the shootings in Georgia

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Eight people were killed in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas. Most of the victims were women. Six were Asian American. Georgia state Sen. Michelle Au explains how her community is coping, and author Kate Manne explores the intersection of racism and misogyny. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ahead's up. This episode is about a mass shooting, racism, and misogyny.

0:19.4

On Tuesday evening, Georgia's Cherokee County was on alert.

0:26.2

Bell's ferry road in Woodstock, you can see several police cars on both sides of the

0:32.1

roadway traffic appears to be at a standstill on one side.

0:36.1

There was a shooting at a spa in Acworth, a town just north of Atlanta.

0:40.4

A wider cross the street from us, you can see there. It's taped off. Several investigators

0:45.7

going in and out of the building right now. That's where the shooting took place. Three

0:50.0

people dead, two injured. We're, uh, continue to stay out here.

0:53.1

This in an hour later, there were two more shootings at spa's in Atlanta.

0:57.8

We have two crime scenes here. It's clear. Yellow crime scene tape in front of two places.

1:03.7

Officers are outside the aroma therapy spa. You can see a lot of police cars there and crime

1:07.8

scene tape. And then we're going to pan over here to the gold spa.

1:12.7

Police arrested the suspect later that night. Officers later captured 21 year old Robert

1:17.2

Aaron Long, 150 miles south of Atlanta in total. Eight people were killed. Six were women

1:24.0

of Asian descent. Some of the victims names include Delina Ashley Yown, 33 years old, Paul

1:31.5

Andre Michael's 54. She out GA Yon and Dow Yo Fung, just 44 years old.

1:43.8

The day before the shooting on the floor of the Georgia State Legislature, Senator Michelle

1:49.2

Owl, who represents the state's 48th district said this.

1:53.3

Georgia should not consider itself immune from this epidemic. And to be clear, the epidemic

1:58.6

I'm referring to is not COVID-19, but racism towards Asian Americans. In the last year,

2:05.1

32 incidents of hate crimes towards our API community here in Atlanta have been reported.

2:09.3

Today, she stepped away from a legislative session for a few minutes to talk with us.

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