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Amid national attention on bias crimes, Asian American leaders struggle over where to take their movement
Washington Post ^ | March 20, 2021 | David Nakamura

Posted on 03/20/2021 7:01:25 AM PDT by C19fan

After a year of warnings, Asian Americans have focused national attention on a series of violent attacks to highlight the threat of anti-Asian bias, winning rhetorical support from the White House, solidarity from prominent cultural figures and prime-time news coverage.

But as the movement has gained purchase, its leaders are laboring to turn their political reckoning into a tangible and sustained path forward to address a problem that defies simple or speedy solutions. More than a year into a global pandemic that has sparked racist rhetoric and attacks against Asians in the United States, questions over what to do about it and what the community is asking for remain fraught and unsettled.

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KEYWORDS: asian; race; woke
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The Hollywood starpower helped draw more attention to the case, but it also sparked a backlash from grass-roots organizers who cited long-standing tensions between Asian and Black communities over previous episodes of violence and mutual mistrust. Some Asian activists said they feared the reward would be seen as a “bounty” that would further inflame tensions and potentially lead to vigilantism or racial profiling.

As a 1/2 Asian, who needs "leaders" like that whom make excuses for the disproportionate number of attacks against Asians committed by blacks. Only attacks by whitey should be punished.

1 posted on 03/20/2021 7:01:25 AM PDT by C19fan
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“I do feel as though social media and the hyper-focus on these horrific interpersonal attacks has skewed the issue a bit,” said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action. “

Are you kidding me a self-hating woke Chinese. Yeah so this quisling is fine with the anti-Asian racist admissions practices of colleges and universities. I bet she wants to shut down all the selective public schools, for example, Lowell in SF too. Once again with "friends" like that who needs enemies.

2 posted on 03/20/2021 7:03:26 AM PDT by C19fan
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But as the movement has gained purchase, its leaders are laboring to turn their political reckoning into a tangible and sustained path forward to address a problem that defies simple or speedy solutions.

B.S. to English translation:

Its leaders are trying to figure out how to cash in.

3 posted on 03/20/2021 7:05:59 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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With regards to what happened in and around Atlanta the other day, have any of these morons addressed the sex trafficking issue?


4 posted on 03/20/2021 7:06:26 AM PDT by qaz123
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But as the movement has gained purchase, its leaders are laboring to turn their political reckoning into a tangible and sustained path forward to address a problem that defies simple or speedy solutions.

What the movement needs is its own organization akin to The NAACP.

Perhaps the National Association for the Advancement of Asian American Humans. Or NAAAAH.

5 posted on 03/20/2021 7:07:51 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To say that all Asians fit neatly into a ‘bundle’...is a joke. South Koreans are different from Thai people. Taiwanese are different from mainland Chinese. Philippines people are different from Japanese. I just don’t see this combined effort ever going anywhere.


6 posted on 03/20/2021 7:08:01 AM PDT by pepsionice
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B.S. to English translation:

Its leaders are trying to figure out how to cash in.

That's how I read it too.

7 posted on 03/20/2021 7:08:43 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Yes, let’s have a discussion on anti-white bias and violence.


8 posted on 03/20/2021 7:09:03 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Worker)
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Asians can start up to it like the old lady in SF. There’s power in victimology. The guy at the massage parlor was a pervert. Asian victims are a convenience to the left.


9 posted on 03/20/2021 7:09:10 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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Whites in general, and white conservatives in particular, are under attack. The problem is, liberal whites are self loathing and agree with the attacks.

Once they can round up a significant number of weapons, it’s going to get really ugly.


10 posted on 03/20/2021 7:09:25 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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They struggle because there is no crisis or animosity towards the Asians. This is another made up crisis by the media and government to keep the people divided. We all know who the real enemy is and why they distract us from the real issues.


11 posted on 03/20/2021 7:09:36 AM PDT by RBW in PA
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Asians are as successful as they are because they don’t need any stinking leaders. They lift themselves up and do the work themselves. Successful people are always the subject of attacks by envious losers. Just ask any Jew.


12 posted on 03/20/2021 7:10:29 AM PDT by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V)
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BINGO!


13 posted on 03/20/2021 7:10:45 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Asians are honorary whites.


14 posted on 03/20/2021 7:11:25 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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WaComPost doing doing their best to push the racist/division drivel on to Asians, now.

How pathetically desperate, of the left....they can’t pander to this segment of hard working Americans, so they’ll attempt a false narrative.

They can’t attract these voters with their policies, so they resort to fake news/false flag antics.


15 posted on 03/20/2021 7:11:37 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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Funny how these Asian attacks conveniently started to happen once Biden stole the election.

This is a sidebar to distract people that Joe is in bed with the CCP.

16 posted on 03/20/2021 7:12:47 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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The problem is, liberal whites are self loathing and agree with the attacks.....

AKA Useful idiots


17 posted on 03/20/2021 7:13:12 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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Should expect fake news support from WAPOO to take pressure off the CCP
This is another serious propaganda approach where the media is playing the racial game without offering proof are claiming those few attacks on Asians was done because of their supporting Covid 19. That should get stomped on.

They’re doing this to cover the demons who worked with the CCP who don’t want the CCP to be blamed for creating the CCP 19 virus. Let’s not forget members of the Biden campaign the demons boastfully acknowledged that Covid 19 really helped get Biden in. The conservative media should refer to it as “The CCP 19 virus not the “China Virus” and demand make the CCP pay by kicking Biden and the CCP out which would happen if that did with a Biden loss


18 posted on 03/20/2021 7:13:34 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: RBW in PA

Where is all the burning and looting of Chineese restaurants?


19 posted on 03/20/2021 7:14:08 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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No. And it’s quite interesting that it took the Atlanta PD a while to release the names of the victims of the one shop, supposedly because they were having a hard time IDing one of the victims.


20 posted on 03/20/2021 7:15:08 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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