![]() and Fight COVID Racism in Canada have reported surges in hate crimes across North America.Īs of Saturday afternoon, Fight COVID Racism was reporting 959 incidents of anti-Asian hate crimes across Canada during the pandemic. South Korean media outlet Chosun Ilbo reported on an interview with a spa employee who said they heard the gunman allegedly say he was “ going to kill all Asians.”Īuthorities say they are now investigating the shootings as possible hate crimes.Īdvocacy groups like Stop AAPI Hate in the U.S. The gunman told police that his attacks were not motivated by race, something repeated by local enforcement at a press conference about the shootings, which prompted massive backlash online and in the Atlanta community. ![]() The mass shooting that left eight dead in Atlanta, the majority of them Asian women who worked in spas, has left communities reeling after a marked rise in anti-Asian racism and violent attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.ĭelaina Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Soon C. ![]()
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