In recent weeks, a string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached a breaking point. It's disproportionately targeted vulnerable Asian seniors in the Bay Area.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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The issue has also been pushed into the national spotlight as celebrities have spoken out against the attacks. Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu offered $25,000 for info leading to the arrest of the Oakland man who assaulted the 91-year-old man in Chinatown.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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It paints a daunting portrait of life for elderly Asian Americans and Asian immigrants, who are already experiencing heightened levels of duress and solitude as the pandemic rages on.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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That isolation and fear are taking a drastic mental and physical toll, too. Dr. XinQi Dong, a Rutgers physician, told SFGATE that racist discrimination can worsen depression, isolation and suicidal ideation for elders.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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Anti-Asian sentiment took on a virulent tone when the pandemic began in 2020. Experts say inflammatory language, including officials referring to COVID-19 as the "China” virus, incited an increase in physical and psychological harm against Asians.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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Dale Minami, an attorney who was pivotal in overturning the Supreme Court ruling against Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who refused internment during WWII, points out that Asian Americans have been made easy targets of racist attacks for centuries.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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"The pattern is not new but it is now more virulent, frequent and dangerous, incited by the inflammatory and racist rhetoric of President Trump and his cronies spewed into [tweets] and the news," Minami said.https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/violence-anti-asian-racism-bay-area-rising-15943348.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight …
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Asian people need to start filing LAWSUITS
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Why is this the only media I’ve seen reporting on this?? What isn’t this national news??? Hate crimes apply to all races.
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