An Asian man said a firefighter attacked him. It sparked a reckoning in small-town Arkansas.

[SummerMadness]

An Asian man said a firefighter attacked him. It sparked a reckoning in small-town Arkansas.

Three days before the Atlanta spa shootings that sowed fear in Asian communities around the country, Liem Nguyen said, an intoxicated man walked up and suggested he did not belong in America.

Nguyen, 35, said he didn’t want trouble — just an Uber ride home from a casino on a Saturday night. But then, he said, the man was in his face, saying he would kill "you and your kind of people" and pushing him backward until they fought and fell to the ground.

Charged with assault, the other man, Benjamin Snodgrass, pleaded not guilty. His lawyer denied any racist motivations or comments. But Nguyen said it was a hate crime, bringing national anguish over anti-Asian attacks home to Arkansas — at the time, one of the last three states without a hate-crimes law.

If you are attacking, kicking, punching, spitting, or assaulting someone for being Asian, the book should be thrown at you. Probably the one that angers me the most is the guy kicking the woman in the street while security and onlookers did nothing.

As I read through this article and see the fear many Asian immigrants and Asian Americans are feeling, you realize it didn't have to be this way. Had we had different leadership, there would be fewer of these attacks.

 

[Nithavela]

An Asian man said a firefighter attacked him. It sparked a reckoning in small-town Arkansas.
If you are attacking, kicking, punching, spitting, or assaulting someone for being Asian, the book should be thrown at you. Probably the one that angers me the most is the guy kicking the woman in the street while security and onlookers did nothing.

As I read through this article and see the fear many Asian immigrants and Asian Americans are feeling, you realize it didn't have to be this way. Had we had different leadership, there would be fewer of these attacks.

I totally agree. There's a story of another attack on an asian man being beaten into a coma just days ago.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/26/asian-hate-crime-new-york-harlem/

 

[disciple Clint]

An Asian man said a firefighter attacked him. It sparked a reckoning in small-town Arkansas.
If you are attacking, kicking, punching, spitting, or assaulting someone for being Asian, the book should be thrown at you. Probably the one that angers me the most is the guy kicking the woman in the street while security and onlookers did nothing.

As I read through this article and see the fear many Asian immigrants and Asian Americans are feeling, you realize it didn't have to be this way. Had we had different leadership, there would be fewer of these attacks.

Black attacks on Asians: racism or opportunity?

 

[SummerMadness]

Black attacks on Asians: racism or opportunity?

That thread does not apply to this topic.

 

[disciple Clint]

That thread does not apply to this topic.

I disagree it may not support the narrative of disregarding the fact that most of the attacks on Asians are perpetrated by Black people but it is relevant to the thread.

 

[SummerMadness]

I disagree it may not support the narrative of disregarding the fact that most of the attacks on Asians are perpetrated by Black people but it is relevant to the thread.

Most attacks on Asians are not by Black people, that is just a racist argument. But discussing the racism of that claim is not the topic of this thread, what is relevant is the increased hostility seen directed at Asians. Most extreme are these attacks where Asians are blamed for the coronavirus and told they do not belong in the US. The more mild bigotry comes in the form of news anchors saying China is responsible for the pandemic.

 

[SummerMadness]

One-third of Asian Americans fear threats, physical attacks and most say violence against them is rising

Some 27% say people acted as if they were uncomfortable around them, down from 39% who said the same in June 2020. Another 27% say they have been subject to slurs or jokes, the same share as in 2020. Meanwhile, lower shares say someone has made a remark that they should go back to their home country (16%) or that they are to blame for the coronavirus outbreak (14%).

Asian respondents who say violence against their group in the U.S. is increasing give many reasons for the rise, according to an open-ended question in which people responded in their own words. Some 20% directly cited former President Donald Trump and his rhetoric about China as the source of the pandemic, his racist comments or his labeling the coronavirus as the “kung flu” or “Chinese flu” as one of the reasons for the rise in violence. Some 16% cited racism in the United States against Asian people as the source of violence, and another 15% said the rise in violence is due to COVID-19 and its impacts on the nation. An additional 12% said scapegoating and blaming Asian people for the pandemic has been responsible for the rise in violence against the U.S. Asian population. About three-in-ten Asian respondents who say violence against their group in the U.S. is increasing (29%) did not provide an answer to the open-ended question.

 

[disciple Clint]

Most attacks on Asians are not by Black people, that is just a racist argument. But discussing the racism of that claim is not the topic of this thread, what is relevant is the increased hostility seen directed at Asians. Most extreme are these attacks where Asians are blamed for the coronavirus and told they do not belong in the US. The more mild bigotry comes in the form of news anchors saying China is responsible for the pandemic.

OK I am ready to see your evidence that most of the attacks on Asians are not perpetrated by black people, you do have some evidence right?

 

[SummerMadness]

OK I am ready to see your evidence that most of the attacks on Asians are not perpetrated by black people, you do have some evidence right?

Stay on-topic, this thread is not about the racist argument that black people are responsible for most attacks on Asians as you stated.

 

[disciple Clint]

Stay on-topic, this thread is not about the racist argument that black people are responsible for most attacks on Asians as you stated.

I asked for evidence for something you posted if it was off topic why did you post it. If you evidence that most of the attacks on Asians are not perpetrated by black people please post it