I have to agree that the article is a bit aggressive. And I find many parts of erroneous and frankly insulting to the victims (see bottom of this post for the insulting parts).
But mentioning race unfortunately happens with every tragedy or big story.
How many stories about the Duke Lacross (bogus) rape story included the terms "white lacross players" and "black accuser"? (Note, the author of that blog is apparently incorrect in her statement that:
I ask these questions because when terrible crimes occur, the racial and resident status of the assailant only matter if that person is non-white.
The Duke Lacross story proved that assertion incorrect. That was race baiting at its worst.
The point about the VT tragedy is not that the media is emphasizing that he is Asian or that he is a resident alien. His race was germane to the story before they released his identity, because it was they only thing we knew. The more appropriate description following that would have been Korean-American. And only because our media is obsessed with putting labels on everyone and everything.
The point about the media coverage is that they inundating us with stories about him at all. Where are all the stories about the victims? Where's all the coverage about the heros? What about the Israeli professor, who was a Holocaust survivor (murdered on Holocaust memorial day) that lost his life trying to protect his students? Why are they giving us 24/7 coverage on Cho Seung-hui and not the victims? (How sad is it that I can come up with his name but not the professors.)
I would bet the the number of cases of people taking out their anger and sadness on the Korean-American population is miniscule. It's unfortunate that it happens, but it is in no way a reflection on the people of this country. It certainly doesn't compare to the massive demonstrations and actual kinapping of an American soldier when two little girls were killed in a road accident involving American military in South Korea. My point in bringing that up is not as "see what they did" but to demonstrate that strong reactions are not unique to Americans.
And where are the large numbers of attacks on Korean-Americans that the author is insinuating will happen? Certainly there were a few after 9/11 that were inexcusable, but the press would have led us to believe that they were a constant occurance. Fear mongering.
Example of what I think is insulting to the victims:
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Do I talk about how mental health services for Asians are almost non-existent and how the Asian American population is severely underserved when it comes to access to mental health services? Or that there are few mental health professionals who understand Asian American issues regarding their mental health?
There is absolutely no one responsible for this massacre except Cho Seung-Hui. No one. It is not fair to the victims, their families, the survivors or the school to try and insinuate that if the mental health profession better understood or took care of Asian Americans that this tragedy might not have happened. And please do not tell me this paragraph is not saying that.
I'm sorry if you take exception to anything I've written. As you might tell, I am very emotional about this. As a native Virginian who had many friends who went to Tech, who graduated from the Fairfax County public school system (which lost several in this shooting) and lives just several miles from the shooter's family, I am very affected by this tragedy.
Sounds to me like she’s just another brain-washed, indoctrinated, bean counter who has bought all the leftist multi-cultural, group-think propaganda.
No problem here. Most people can’t distinguish Koreans from other Asians anyway.