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The Undeniable Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence

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It’s been said so many times, in so many venues, but I guess it bears repeating here: Violence against women is about power, not sex

It takes at least 30 minutes to drive from Young’s Asian Massage Parlor in Acworth, Georgia, to the nondescript block in the northern Atlanta suburb of Buckhead where one can find another cluster of Asian massage parlors, including Gold Spa and Aromatherapy Spa.

We don’t know much yet about Long’s motivations, and most news outlets have been hesitant to speculate, but given that he deliberately targeted massage parlors where Asian women worked, and in separate locations, it’s at least safe to say that he had a very specific target in mind. On Wednesday morning, those motivations are becoming clearer. “I’m going to kill all the Asians,” Long reportedly stated,

 

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GreatDismal Thank for accurately labeling this horrible crime against humanity. It was motivated by religion and misogyny, any victim's genetic past is incidental. If Honduran women operated all the massage parlors, this crime would not be lumped in with anti Asian crimes.

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