According to Russell Jeung, Stop AAPI Hate’s founder and professor of Asian-American studies at San Francisco State University speaking to NBC, “there is an intersectional dynamic going on that others may perceive both Asians and women and Asian women as easier targets".
People stand in solidarity during a vigil and rally against Asian hate crimes, Friday, March 26, 2021, at Chicago's Horner Park. The event is organized by local Chicago organizations led by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Ironically, this is often the unfair result of their success at integrating into America. Asians are disproportionately represented in America's elite universities.
“It’s also sort of like the survivor’s mentality,” Hong said speaking about her mother’s advice to avoid speaking out about racism to avoid being a target and trying to just get through each day. She added:The best commentaries and analysis to better help you see beyond today’s news headlines. Subscribe to CNA’s Commentary newsletter.This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU.
According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, three in 10 Asian-Americans have been subjected to racist slurs or jokes since the COVID-19 pandemic began, compared to just two in 10 Hispanics and blacks. But it’s time for the United States to take a hard look at how it treats Asians, too. Asians have a long history, themselves, of being discriminated against in the United States.This history includes the widespread internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and, beginning well before that, the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibiting the immigration of Chinese labourers and racist enforcement of the law against Asians in operating laundries.
Communists media like CNN MSNBC pitting races against each other. If there is ISA in US. They will be the first get hauled up. Isn’t it?
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