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I would be willing to bet people are angry with the state of economic policy in the US. No justice, everything overpriced. People take out that anger on the closest member lower on their societal hierarchy.
Except hatred against Asians has been a thing since the 1800s.
Why stop there? Hatred against anyone non white European really
And you think an exploitative economic elite hasn't?
It seems people love to hate.
Not to detract from the obviously horrendous racism, but can most people tell the difference between someone from, say, Vietnam and someone from South Korea divorced from the context of their location? I can't. So I don't understand how Southeast Asians in specific are facing the brunt of the attacks.
From the article, it's likely because they live and work in lower income areas:
He said it’s hard to give one reason why Southeast Asians are feeling the brunt of this hate, but he thinks financial status might play a role. A 2020 report by the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center said that all Southeast Asian ethnic groups have a lower per capita income than the average in the U.S.
“It depends on socioeconomics,” Chen said. “Where these people are living, where they’re commuting, where they’re working. That may be a factor as well.”
Oh, I see. I guess I was misunderstanding what I was reading or something. Thanks.
I can. Grew up in an area with a lot of Vietnamese folks. Now, I can’t tell the difference between a Vietnamese person and a Laotian any better than I can tell the difference because a Belgian and a French person. But yeah Korean and Vietnamese, it’s similar to telling the difference between a Brit and an Italian.
I wonder how much of the harassment comes from northern Asians. My brother spent time in Asia and he's told me south east Asians get treated like dog shit by their northern counterparts
There's a ton of racism in general in the East Asian countries (China, Korea, Japan). Racist against each other and other Asians.
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