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2021-04-22 15:53
Recently, there have been frequent attacks against Asians, especially vulnerable Asians in the United States. On March 17th, a video of 76-year-old Asian woman Xie Xiaozhen being punched in the eye by a white man caused a lot of media and public attention. In fact, in January this year, a 91-year-old man in Oakland s Chinatown was pushed to the ground and accused of contracting COVID-19; MSN News reported on March 15 that Nancy Tang, an 83-year-old Asian woman, was spat on, punched and called a Chinese virus by a white middle-aged man in Plains; and NBC News reported that some people in the U.S. had launched an online challenge “slap Asians” to incite random attacks by teenagers on Public Transportation in San Francisco. It is specifically targeted at Asian seniors and women. On the 19th, a 58-year-old Asian woman was harassed by several young people on a bus. With the spread of the COVID-19, more and more such incidents follow. The nongovernme
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发信人: PoppyWu (奔跑的大象), 信区: Chinese
标 题: Protect Grandma ――Asians do not to allow themselves to be pushed around by “The Yan Limeng”
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr 20 22:35:36 2021, 美东)
Protect Grandma
by “The Yan Limeng”
vulnerable Asians in the United States. On March 17th, a video of 76-year-
old Asian woman Xie Xiaozhen being punched in the eye by a white man caused
a lot of media and public attention. In fact, in January this year, a 91-
year-old man in Oakland s Chinatown was pushed to the ground and accused of
contracting COVID-19; MSN News reported on March 15 that Nancy Tang, an 83-
year-old Asian woman, was spat on, punched and called a Chinese virus by a
2021-04-20 14:38
Recently, there have been frequent attacks against Asians, especially vulnerable Asians in the United States. On March 17th, a video of 76-year-old Asian woman Xie Xiaozhen being punched in the eye by a white man caused a lot of media and public attention. In fact, in January this year, a 91-year-old man in Oakland s Chinatown was pushed to the ground and accused of contracting COVID-19; MSN News reported on March 15 that Nancy Tang, an 83-year-old Asian woman, was spat on, punched and called a Chinese virus by a white middle-aged man in Plains; and NBC News reported that some people in the U.S. had launched an online challenge “slap Asians” to incite random attacks by teenagers on Public Transportation in San Francisco. It is specifically targeted at Asian seniors and women. On the 19th, a 58-year-old Asian woman was harassed by several young people on a bus. With the spread of the COVID-19, more and more such incidents follow. The n
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