On Capitol Hill, Asian American Leaders Say Community Has Reached 'Crisis Point'
NPROn Capitol Hill, Asian American Leaders Say Community Has Reached 'Crisis Point' Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Asian American leaders said Thursday that the community was in "crisis" following shootings in the Atlanta area earlier this week that killed eight people, including six Asian women. Rep. Chu and others Thursday said former President Donald Trump "stoked" anti-Asian hate by using phrases like "kung flu" and "China plague" in order to shift blame away from his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The fear "is very real" On Tuesday evening, as news spread that six of the victims killed in the Atlanta area were of Asian descent, Manjusha Kulkarni, Stop AAPI Hate's co-founder, said the violence in Atlanta was an "unspeakable tragedy" for Asian Americans "already reeling from high levels of racial discrimination." She said although these incidents, like being verbally harassed on the street or discriminated against at work, might not qualify as hate crimes, they "really do impact the lives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders."
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