Why are there so many attacks on Asian Americans from one specific race?

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In lower income neighborhoods in particular, there are some forms of racial tribalism that shows its ugly head, this isn't anything particularly new.

Interminority racism in the United States - Wikipedia

What's become coined as "The Middleman theory" provides some explanation for it.

And the Asian community seems to get it bad from all sides...

Various ethnic groups in the United States have perpetrated violence against Asian-Americans. 2019 Bureau of Justice Statistics figures indicated that 27.5 percent of those committing violence were Black; 24.1 percent were white; 21.4 percent were Hispanic.

The Asian community is in a tough spot (through no fault of their own).

For staunch white racists, who refuse to be kind to anyone who isn't white, Asians are "just another minority trying to destroy 'murica"

For Black and Hispanic communities, tensions with the Asian community are multi-faceted. When a lot of Asian folks emigrate to the US, they tend to start off by opening up businesses in lower-rent communities, and only hiring other Asian people (which restricts job opportunities for other minority groups in that community)... IE: Immigrant moves here from China, opens a store next door to an existing Black-owned business, undercuts their prices, takes a lot of their business away, and then only hires other Asian immigrants to work there.

That causes some tension...

The other aspect is one of resentment. Many in the white communities (who aren't overtly racist like the staunch racists I mentioned above), often like to the prop up the Asian community as the "Model Minority". And use their successes as the standard by which they judge all other minority groups...that creates some ill will as well.
 
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I find it interesting that people have more issues with pointing out the problem than actually addressing the problem or even attempting to answer the question.
You haven’t pointed out any problem. You’ve cherry picked examples to push a racist narrative. Show statistics that can support your point and then we can go forward addressing your “problem”.
 
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I find it interesting that people have more issues with pointing out the problem than actually addressing the problem or even attempting to answer the question.

The problem is your racist narrative when it's already been shown that WHITE EVANGELICALS are the issue. To deny otherwise is to show your real motive.
 
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I'm curious as to in which cities these crimes are most predominant. Black on black crimes continue to skyrocket in already out of control Chicago, Baltimore, and St. Louis. 'Criminal reform' is playing a role, for sure.
 
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I find it interesting that people have more issues with pointing out the problem than actually addressing the problem or even attempting to answer the question.
I had written a lengthy, detailed, well-structured argument here, but I've deleted it and am going straight to the conclusion. The content of your posts make you appear like a racist. If you are not, you seriously need to reflect on what you are posting and how you are posting. It is frankly sickening. Fortunately I no longer need to view it.
 
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I had written a lengthy, detailed, well-structured argument here, but I've deleted it and am going straight to the conclusion. The content of your posts make you appear like a racist. If you are not, you seriously need to reflect on what you are posting and how you are posting. It is frankly sickening. Fortunately I no longer need to view it.

I completely agree. As from now I'm going to ignore these type of posts. I refuse to be party in helping to give these threads air time.
 
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My underlying motivation is in plain sight - why is one particular race disproportionally attacking Asains.
Why don't YOU answer the question?
 
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Why don't YOU answer the question?

Because I wanted other input than my own. Personally, it doesn’t make sense. It is happening in multiple cities. In various regions of the country.

what is the common element?

If the links and photos I presented were white people, I would probably be viewed differently, along with the thread.

I don’t understand why it is so easy for some to condemn the violence of one race and defend the exact same actions of another.

it must really stink to be white in today’s society.
 
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Maybe because they are successful and disprove critical race theory.
"If America is still a systemically racist country for minorities, how come they have allowed Asian Americans to overtake Whites in education level and socioeconomic status? Asians get higher test scores," Xu said.

The "Inconvenient Minority" author said that Asian Americans face plenty of problems but doesn't buy into CRT's theory that systemic racism limits opportunities for all non-White Americans.

"The whole idea of critical race theory is developed by saying, ‘Hey, our laws, our society, our structures are inherently stacked against people of color,'" Xu said. "Asian Americans prove that, even in the face of whatever racial narratives that you're in, you still can succeed, that this country is the land of opportunity."

Xu has been an outspoken critic of critical race theory and enlisted James Lindsay, who wrote the best-selling book "Cynical Theories: How Activists Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity – And Why This Harms Everybody," to pen the foreword. Lindsay wrote that critical race theory denigrates the key American virtue that a combination of talent and hard work can result in genuine, earned success.
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45% of Asian Americans report some form of race based verbal or physical attack against them in the last year. Pew Research Center

Asian Americans represent 12% of the country’s professional workforce, yet less than 1% managers or executives. C. Tang Why successful Asian Americans are penalized at the workplace LOS ANGELES TIMES 05/09/21

Asian American employees are the least likely to be promoted to management positions. Harvard Business Review

Asian Americans at technology based organizations Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, LinkedIn and Yahoo, make up 27% of the professional workers but only 4% of executive positions; whites were 52% of the professionals but hold 90% of the executive positions. Hidden in Plain Sight: Asian American Leaders in Silicon Valley
 
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I started looking at the accounts of attacks on Asian Americans and was over whelmed with the sheer number of attacks from one race in particular.
I remember when Rodney King was beaten, and the riots that ensued; a large number of rioters went to the Asian business in their communities and destroyed them. It is common for Asians to own most of the Stores and shops in poor black communities, and there is often resentment because of this
 
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I find it interesting that people have more issues with pointing out the problem
I don't see that. You pointed out a certain group was behind the majority of the attacks against Asians, and post #8 identified who that group was.

Only weird part is all of the pictures of black people in the OP. That doesn't quite fit the reality of the data posted. I'm sure it was just some sort of technical glitch.
 
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I remember when Rodney King was beaten, and the riots that ensued; a large number of rioters went to the Asian business in their communities and destroyed them. It is common for Asians to own most of the Stores and shops in poor black communities, and there is often resentment because of this
Hey look, another post with vague anecdotes trying to drag the thread away from a fact-based discussion of the problem.
 
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Hey look, another post with vague anecdotes trying to drag the thread away from a fact-based discussion of the problem.
This is not an attempt to drag the discussion away from the problem, I am giving my opinion of the problem. I have talked to several Asians who still remember what black people did during those riots and are still angry because of it. The reality is, in many black communities, Asians run most of the small shops and stores; not black people (the only black owned business are pretty much limited to Soul food restaurants and barber shops), so the only contact Asians have with black people is when they go into their stores and they deal with a lot of shop lifting and stealing from them; and the only contact many black people have with Asians is that they are always super critical and harassing when they go into their shops and stores. Outside of the customer/business owner relationship, there is very little contact between the two groups; and that is the likely the cause of hostility leading to the attacks mentioned in the OP
 
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I agree that education, or rather lack of the right kind of education, has a role in crimes and violence in general. However, before we assess its place here we need some objective data that clearly defines what the problem is, not what some random guy on the internet thinks it is.
He's not the only person with a similar reaction. How much data is necessary?
 
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Maybe because they are successful and disprove critical race theory.
"If America is still a systemically racist country for minorities, how come they have allowed Asian Americans to overtake Whites in education level and socioeconomic status? Asians get higher test scores," Xu said.

The "Inconvenient Minority" author said that Asian Americans face plenty of problems but doesn't buy into CRT's theory that systemic racism limits opportunities for all non-White Americans.

"The whole idea of critical race theory is developed by saying, ‘Hey, our laws, our society, our structures are inherently stacked against people of color,'" Xu said. "Asian Americans prove that, even in the face of whatever racial narratives that you're in, you still can succeed, that this country is the land of opportunity."

Actually that only "proves" that Asians have not been targeted as consistently and as long as blacks.
 
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