Mar 18, 2021

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The Hate Has Been Here All Along

Asian hate has been here forever. Stop being so surprised.

What happened in Atlanta was truly horrifying. An armed white man drove into 3 massage parlors and killed 8 people in cold blood, 6 of them of Asian ethnicity. Learning about the attacks, I felt a whole range of emotions: sad to horror to anger.

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The Hate Has Been Here All Along

Asian hate has been here forever. Stop being so surprised.

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