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radius777

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9. Terrible, mostly due to Trump and his 'China virus' rhetoric.

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2021, 03:47 AM

Feb 2021

Several attacks (some fatal) of Asian men occured in the past few days in NYC, and there have been many attacks in SF and elsewhere.

Similar to after 9-11 when many hate crimes targeted Arabic people.

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Sudden significant rise in anti-Asian violence in US. [View all] cilla4progress Feb 2021 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author DURHAM D Feb 2021 #1

Use quotes. applegrove Feb 2021 #3

This may need a "SARCASM" tag sadly. nt The Polack MSgt Feb 2021 #4

The violent haters will always target ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #2

God damnit. mahina Feb 2021 #5

Yeah , the racist attacks on Harris are always about her being black and of course there are the JI7 Feb 2021 #7

It's not sudden. It's been happening . It gets more attention now JI7 Feb 2021 #6

Hate energy is there, often triggered by trumpers. empedocles Feb 2021 #11

I think it's more because Trump made such a big deal of blaming covid on China. Ocelot II Feb 2021 #8

Terrible, mostly due to Trump and his 'China virus' rhetoric. radius777 Feb 2021 #9

The man arrested for the three attacks in CA is named Yahya Muslim. He's a black man. Pongo Feb 2021 #10

No, it's actually related more to Trump's attempts to link the coronavirus to China. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #12

Its because of the China flu, Kung flu references by Trump. milestogo Feb 2021 #13