Asian American communities stand up amid string of violent attacks

[Poundsand]

@BiggusDickus

People who commit race hate crimes usually don’t deny race was a factor

This something you’re assuming based on some high profile examples (vs some sort of study or stats on the subject), I assume?

[BiggusDickus]

@Poundsand

@BiggusDickus

People who commit race hate crimes usually don’t deny race was a factor

This something you’re assuming based on some high profile examples (vs some sort of study or stats on the subject), I assume?

No, I don’t have studies or stats to back it up. There’s often some bizarre online manifesto.

[tempogain]

@Poundsand

Sure. But on the surface, one seems a lot more likely than the other - dude lives in a county with 2% asians but ends up killing people at 3 asian owned businesses with primarily asian employees (admittedly 2 at a county where the asian population is a whopping 7%)… it’s possible it might not be racially motivated, but I certainly wouldn’t believe that based on the word of a murderer that has something to gain by it not being categorized as racially motivated.

But we shouldn’t we just assume it to be true, right? At least we’d look into his past, etc.

[Poundsand]

@tempogain

@Poundsand

Sure. But on the surface, one seems a lot more likely than the other - dude lives in a county with 2% asians but ends up killing people at 3 asian owned businesses with primarily asian employees (admittedly 2 at a county where the asian population is a whopping 7%)… it’s possible it might not be racially motivated, but I certainly wouldn’t believe that based on the word of a murderer that has something to gain by it not being categorized as racially motivated.

But we shouldn’t we just assume it to be true, right? At least we’d look into his past, etc.

Of course. I’m just amused people are like, yea, it’s not a hate crime because the murderer said so!

[BiggusDickus]

@Poundsand

@tempogain

@Poundsand

Sure. But on the surface, one seems a lot more likely than the other - dude lives in a county with 2% asians but ends up killing people at 3 asian owned businesses with primarily asian employees (admittedly 2 at a county where the asian population is a whopping 7%)… it’s possible it might not be racially motivated, but I certainly wouldn’t believe that based on the word of a murderer that has something to gain by it not being categorized as racially motivated.

But we shouldn’t we just assume it to be true, right? At least we’d look into his past, etc.

Of course. I’m just amused people are like, yea, it’s not a hate crime because the murderer said so!

It was a hate crime against women.

[cake]

The hoodlums behind the spate of attacks in Seatle must have taken a time machine to 2020, heard Trump and gone back to 2019.

Colin Flaherty: Elderly Asians Targeted In Seattle. Happens So Often Stop Reporting

[cake]

Piece of shit:

Adam Milstein (AdamMilstein)

[Andrew0409]

These cowards always attack people who can’t fight back.

[keoni]

To be fair, maybe America should just belong to the native indians. Everybody else should just get the fuck out.

My point being, black people in America originally came from somewhere else too. And so did white people. What gives anybody the right to be such assholes to anyone else?

[Aikaili]

It’s sickening to see so many people like rabid animals. I don’t understand their wanting to hurt others and can’t help but think it’s a combination of mental health issues, unchecked “peaceful protesters”, and police who are defunded and demoralized. I’ll be visiting at Christmas but will avoid places like NYC plus be on alert.

[Baxter]

@keoni

To be fair, maybe America should just belong to the native indians. Everybody else should just get the fuck out.

My point being, black people in America originally came from somewhere else too. And so did white people. What gives anybody the right to be such assholes to anyone else?

Let the Native Americans tribes be assholes to one another!

[hansioux]

@Baxter

Let the Native Americans tribes be assholes to one another!

Since Native Americans came from Asia, they are also technically Asians, and we are all technically Africans.

[Gmu]

the real citizens of the USA the others are all emigrants or “expats” as they like to call the Anglo-Saxons so much, lol

[Dr_Milker]

More white supremacists in L.A.

Asian Dawn (AsianDawn4)

[the.shoemaker]

Are these attacks in these videos specifically carried out because the victim is Asian? Or are they just getting more airtime now because the victim is Asian?

My point being that these attacks look pretty normal tbh. at least for where they are (american big cities)

My friend got his skull split open being pistol whipped in our neighborhood, it was on camera , yet he wasn’t asian so it seems like no one really cared to put it on the news.

[Dr_Milker]

@the.shoemaker

Are these attacks in these videos specifically carried out because the victim is Asian? Or are they just getting more airtime now because the victim is Asian?

I think both are probably true.

[hansioux]

Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Disaggregating the data shows huge disparities.

[Gmu]

@the.shoemaker

My point being that these attacks look pretty normal tbh. at least for where they are (american big cities)

If this is normal in the USA I am sorry but something is wrong there

[Dr_Milker]

@hansioux

Disaggregating the data shows huge disparities.

He lost me at “under a system of white supremacy.”

[hansioux]

@Dr_Milker

He lost me at “under a system of white supremacy.”

How else would you describe the Chinese exclusion act?