The recent murder of 6 Asian women in an Atlanta parlor has begun to shed light on issues regarding the treatment of Asian Americans. Hundred of people gathered in cities throughout America to remember the victims and call for an end to hate towards Asians. Throughout 2020, the treatment of black Americans brought about a circulation of petitions and multiple protests working to end hate crimes towards them. Now, people are starting to realize there have been more attacks towards the Asian community in recent years, therefore something needs to be done to help them as well. In the past year alone, there has been a rise in anti-Asian violence and an increase in vandalism at Asian owned businesses.
Unfortunately, the problem of anti-Asian violence is not secluded to America as there have been reports of similar incidents in multiple countries around the world, especially with some Western politicians repeatedly stressing China’s connection to the Covid-19 outbreak, advocates say people of East Asian and Southeast Asian heritage have increasingly become a target for racism. Many Chinese and Asian people have begun to experience brutal attacks and discriminatory remarks due to people blaming them for the Covid-19 outbreak. Many campaigns have began to pop up with the goal of ending anti-Asian hate crimes. There is still much work that needs to be done to end hate towards all minority groups, not only in America, but around the world. The last few years the hate towards the Hispanic, Asian, and African American communities has grown immensely. Hopefully, all of the recent events can begin to spark a change to bring an end to these hate crimes.
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