'White supremacy literally killing us': Asian community angry after Atlanta spa killings
3 years, 9 months ago

'White supremacy literally killing us': Asian community angry after Atlanta spa killings

India Today  

Sadness, anger and fear were coursing on Wednesday through Stephanie Cho, a day after a gunman's attack on spas in the Atlanta area killed eight people -- most of whom were Asian women. "White supremacy is literally killing us,"she said amid a spike in violence targeting Asian-Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic. - 'A hate crime against Asian Americans' - The manager of Studio 219 Ink tattoo shop, Anthony Smith, told AFP in the five years he has been in the area near the Gold and Aromatherapy spas he has never seen the kind of violence that befell the neighborhood Tuesday night. "Yes it is a hate crime against Asian Americans," she said, criticizing what she sees as authorities' reluctance to go after violence that targets women working for low wages and who often speak little to no English.

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Violence against Asians decried on spa shootings anniversary
2 years, 9 months ago

Violence against Asians decried on spa shootings anniversary

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A year after the fatal shootings at three Georgia massage businesses, crowds gathered at rallies across the country Wednesday to remember the victims and denounce anti-Asian violence that has risen sharply in recent years. In the rampage a year ago, Robert Aaron Long killed four people — Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; Delaina Yaun, 33; and …

1 Year After Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian American Women Still Face Hate And Violence
2 years, 9 months ago

1 Year After Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian American Women Still Face Hate And Violence

Huff Post  

Activists and officials are commemorating the one-year anniversary of a shooting rampage at three Atlanta-area spas, where a man killed eight people — including six women of Asian descent. “Today, one year later, Southeast Asian Americans continue to navigate the fear and violence of rising anti-Asian hate, including recent murders in New York City and Albuquerque and a brutal attack …

A year after Atlanta spa shootings, ABC’s Juju Chang keeps the heat on violence against AAPI community
2 years, 9 months ago

A year after Atlanta spa shootings, ABC’s Juju Chang keeps the heat on violence against AAPI community

LA Times  

In the rapid news cycle of 2021, the shooting deaths of eight people including six Asian American women at three Atlanta-area spas on March 16 of that year stood a strong chance of being forgotten. But ABC News anchors Juju Chang and Eva Pilgrim — both of whom were born in Korea — made sure that didn’t happen when it …

A woman’s brutal attack exposed a torrent of anti-Asian violence after the Atlanta shootings
3 years, 9 months ago

A woman’s brutal attack exposed a torrent of anti-Asian violence after the Atlanta shootings

CNN  

CNN — The fear and outrage felt by Asian Americans after the Atlanta-area spa shootings hasn’t vanished and neither has the bias and violence that preceded it, lawmakers and activists say. It took place on the same day that the US attorney’s office in Brooklyn announced plans to double the size of its civil rights criminal division, citing the “spiking …

Sandra Oh Calls To Stop Anti-Asian Hate In Powerful Speech: 'I Am Proud To Be Asian'
3 years, 9 months ago

Sandra Oh Calls To Stop Anti-Asian Hate In Powerful Speech: 'I Am Proud To Be Asian'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sandra Oh is calling for an end to anti-Asian violence in the wake of the shooting rampage in three Atlanta-area spas this week that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent. On Saturday, Oh made a surprise appearance at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she’s currently filming her new Netflix …

US: Rallies in Atlanta, nation against Asian hate after spa shootings
3 years, 9 months ago

US: Rallies in Atlanta, nation against Asian hate after spa shootings

India Today  

A diverse crowd gathered Saturday near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of recent shootings at massage businesses and to denounce racism, xenophobia and misogyny. Hundreds of people gather in a park across from the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses days earlier, Saturday, March 20, …

Atlanta spa attacks shine a light on anti-Asian hate crimes around the world
3 years, 9 months ago

Atlanta spa attacks shine a light on anti-Asian hate crimes around the world

CNN  

London CNN — The outpouring of grief and anger over the news that six Asian women were among those killed in the shootings at three Atlanta area massage parlors has drawn attention to the rise of anti-Asian violence in the US. During an October debate on racism against the Chinese and East Asian community in Parliament, Scottish National Party lawmaker …

Atlanta attacks: US senator wants deeper probe into racial motive
3 years, 9 months ago

Atlanta attacks: US senator wants deeper probe into racial motive

Al Jazeera  

US legislator calls for ‘deeper investigation’ into deadly spa shootings that she says appear ‘racially motivated’. A United States legislator has called for a “deeper investigation” into whether anti-Asian racism spurred three shootings in the Atlanta area that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s comments on Sunday came after FBI Director Chris Wray told …

‘Stop Asian hate’: Hundreds demand justice for Atlanta victims
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Stop Asian hate’: Hundreds demand justice for Atlanta victims

Al Jazeera  

Rally in Atlanta comes days after shootings at local spas left eight dead, including six women of Asian descent. Holding signs reading, “Hate is a virus”, “Stop Asian hate” and “I am not your model minority”, the demonstrators demanded action to stop discrimination against Asian Americans. “I feel like far too often, we’re just erased.” While the alleged attacker told …

Tracy Quan: Don’t forget — the Georgia shootings are a hate crime against sex workers
3 years, 9 months ago

Tracy Quan: Don’t forget — the Georgia shootings are a hate crime against sex workers

LA Times  

Eight people were killed in Atlanta last Tuesday. U.S. Army veteran Latrelle Rolling and Jessica Lang pray at Young’s Asian Massage, where four people were killed in Acworth, Ga. White supremacy is lately defined as America’s “original sin” — a confusing term that recalls St. Augustine reading Genesis so we won’t have to. Books Sanjena Sathian: After the Atlanta shooting, …

Biden condemns Atlanta shootings as anti-Asian hate crime
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden condemns Atlanta shootings as anti-Asian hate crime

Al Jazeera  

The US president links rise in attacks on Asians to fears stoked by the coronavirus pandemic. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called for an end to anti-Asian violence in the United States after meeting with Asian-American community leaders in Atlanta following spa shootings that killed eight. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met privately with …

Atlanta attacks | Hundreds of Asian Americans turn to social media to air their anger, fear, hopelessness
3 years, 9 months ago

Atlanta attacks | Hundreds of Asian Americans turn to social media to air their anger, fear, hopelessness

The Hindu  

Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fuelled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage parlours and killing eight people, most of them Asian women. We’ve been raising the red flag,” said Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood, executive director of the Atlanta-based Asian American Advocacy Fund, which does political and advocacy work across …

Massage Spa Attacks Send Terror Through Asian American Community
3 years, 9 months ago

Massage Spa Attacks Send Terror Through Asian American Community

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATLANTA — A white gunman was charged Wednesday with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. I talked to @BrookeBaldwin today about how we can #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/SEVN6xK4kz — Judy Chu March 17, 2021 The shootings appear …

Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors
3 years, 9 months ago

Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors

Associated Press  

Reactions to the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent: ___ “Jill and I are keeping everyone impacted by the shootings in Atlanta in our prayers. ___ “Racially motivated violence must be called out for exactly what it is and we must stop making excuses for it or rebranding it as economic …

Suspect charged with murder over Atlanta spa shootings
3 years, 9 months ago

Suspect charged with murder over Atlanta spa shootings

Al Jazeera  

The shootings appear to be at ‘intersection of gender-based violence, misogyny and xenophobia,’ says US politician. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that regardless of the shooter’s motivation, “it is unacceptable, it is hateful and it has to stop”. Authorities said they did not know if Long ever went to the spas where the shootings occurred but that he was …

Steph Cha: The Atlanta shooting is another reminder the cops are not our friends
3 years, 9 months ago

Steph Cha: The Atlanta shooting is another reminder the cops are not our friends

LA Times  

Something shifted when three Asian-owned spas were shot up in Metro Atlanta on Tuesday night: A white man became the face of anti-Asian violence in America. A white man had targeted Asian spas, killed eight people, six of them Asian women, and the police refused to recognize a racist motive. Books Sanjena Sathian: After the Atlanta shooting, all I see …

US: Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlours
3 years, 9 months ago

US: Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlours

India Today  

A white gunman was charged with killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlours in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community, which has increasingly been targeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said that regardless of the shooter's motivation, “it is unacceptable, it is hateful and it has to stop.” Authorities said they …

Atlanta spa shootings stir fear amid historic rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans
3 years, 9 months ago

Atlanta spa shootings stir fear amid historic rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans

LA Times  

June Macon planned to celebrate this week when her mother and grandmother had gotten COVID-19 vaccine shots, including finally hugging them after months of separation during the pandemic. Police said the early stages of their investigation indicated that Long “did not appear to be” motivated by race and was possibly seeking revenge on women at spas he frequented out of …

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three US spas
3 years, 9 months ago

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three US spas

Al Jazeera  

Suspect arrested, says the killings were not racially motivated; police state it is too early to declare this a hate crime. Describing the scene in northeast Atlanta, the city police department said: “Upon arrival, officers located three females deceased inside the location from apparent gunshot wounds.” While on the scene, officers were advised of shots fired across the street, where …

Man, 21, charged with murder in Atlanta-area spa shootings
3 years, 9 months ago

Man, 21, charged with murder in Atlanta-area spa shootings

LA Times  

People hug Wednesday outside Young’s Asian Massage, where four people were shot and killed a day earlier in Acworth, Ga. A man accused of shooting to death eight people — including six women of Asian descent — at three Atlanta-area spas was charged Wednesday with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault amid uncertainty over the motive. …

8 People, Many Of Them Asian, Shot Dead At Atlanta-Area Spas; Man Arrested
3 years, 9 months ago

8 People, Many Of Them Asian, Shot Dead At Atlanta-Area Spas; Man Arrested

NPR  

8 People, Many Of Them Asian, Shot Dead At Atlanta-Area Spas; Man Arrested Enlarge this image toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a series of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta metro region Tuesday. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office announced that Robert …

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