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Resources to Support Asian American Communities

This kind of thing is long overdue. I wish it happened sooner when the Pandemic started. That's when all the hate escalated to the extremes.

With the Atlanta killings, it's curious to note that the vast majority of media outlets refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room. It's not just about an anti-Asian hate crime, in fact it may not be about race at all (or more likely it's far more complex than that). I think that speaks volumes about how most people view those connected to the sex industry. Note that some US police departments tag murders of sex workers as no human involved, especially for women of colour.

As an Asian American who was adopted by a white family, I can say that it is unfortunate that everything seems to be seen through the lens of race in the United States where I live. It is almost like Martin Luther King, Jr. never lived or left a legacy at all where people "will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character." Frankly, I am tired of the cycle of someone killing people, the media running with a narrative that may or may not be true, guns and racial tensions getting blamed, politicians getting involved, and nothing ever happening in the long run. For now, it is best that we wait for the facts before saying that Asian Americans are being hunted down in the street by white people. If that is the case, fine. We can address the issues as such. If not, then it reflects poorly upon the media and harms the cause of actual victims of violence and hate.

As an Asian American who was adopted by a white family, I can say that it is unfortunate that everything seems to be seen through the lens of race in the United States where I live. It is almost like Martin Luther King, Jr. never lived or left a legacy at all where people "will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character." Frankly, I am tired of the cycle of someone killing people, the media running with a narrative that may or may not be true, guns and racial tensions getting blamed, politicians getting involved, and nothing ever happening in the long run. For now, it is best that we wait for the facts before saying that Asian Americans are being hunted down in the street by white people. If that is the case, fine. We can address the issues as such. If not, then it reflects poorly upon the media and harms the cause of actual victims of violence and hate.

To be honest, I have grown up and lived my life having felt like an invisible minority, having heard and seen the conflict between black and white people mostly. I have been bullied for racial reasonsas well. Still, I have striven to be the best me that I can and tried to treat people as people, regardless of skin color. As things have shifted in the past few years especially, it seems that we have regressed as a nation to before the Civil Rights era and movement. If we are now thinking exclusively in terms of Ibrahim X Kennedy-style anti-racism, I would like to suggest that the end result is racist because it relies on racist discrimination from the past to continue to the present and into the future. I share this not necessary to call out cancel culture or the woke mindset. Rather, I would rather see everyone living one another regardless of race, sex, religion, political beliefs, etc.

It's hard to argue it's not about race, because there's still a reason that he particularly fetishized Asian women enough to target them. Adding on to that, "sex addiction" is not classified as a real disorder or addiction. There are two groups that continually bring it up as if it is are. The first are Evangelicals who treat any amount of sex as evil and wrong, and then when someone who buys into those beliefs acts on those beliefs they use it as a scapegoat for the real reason. [...]. Media outlets have done a terrible job covering this because they want a single motive, when the truth of the matter is it was a hate crime both against women in general and Asian women in particular.

ATastySub wrote:

It's hard to argue it's not about race, because there's still a reason that he particularly fetishized Asian women enough to target them. Adding on to that, "sex addiction" is not classified as a real disorder or addiction. There are two groups that continually bring it up as if it is are. The first are Evangelicals who treat any amount of sex as evil and wrong, and then when someone who buys into those beliefs acts on those beliefs they use it as a scapegoat for the real reason. [...]. Media outlets have done a terrible job covering this because they want a single motive, when the truth of the matter is it was a hate crime both against women in general and Asian women in particular.

There may be no real psychological diagnosis as sex addiction, but there is something call stigma. If your church is hammer home the false idea that your normal sexual desires are wrong and you have an addiction, as in the killer's case, then we have the outcome here.

Of course this is a multi-faceted crime. I think misogyny has a lot to do with it as does racism. But like the media outlets which you blame for focusing on a single cause, you too seem to be dismissing the elephant in the room. It was a specific type of business targeted. You can't deny that.

As for your comments about the media you have to understand that most news outlets have a responsibility to report the truth to the public. They can be held legally liable for blatantly misleading the public. Do News networks get it right all the time? No they do not but that does not mean they are not trustworthy. It is up to the viewer to verify the information given, not take it all face value.

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All I can say is this. Downplaying racism leads to more racism. It is why the media has to report on it, if racism is not called to the nation's attention it would only make things worst. The Asian American community already has a problem with reporting crimes because many feel it isn't worth bringing attention to it due to myth about Asian Americans being considered ideal because they don't speak out. This myth is so damaging to the Asian American community and needs to be dispelled. That can only happen if America stands up and supports the Asian American community, showing them that they are not some other that they are as American as the rest of us.