Bereits seit Beginn der Corona-Krise werden Menschen mit asiatischer Abstammung immer mehr in das Visier von Hass und Verbrechen.
Die aktuellste Entladung dieses Hasses in erschütternde Gewalt war das Attentat in Atlanta am 16.März 2021. Dort hat ein 21-jähriger Mann acht Menschen in einem Spa erschossen. Sechs davon waren Asiaten.
Auch wenn das Motiv noch nicht bestätigt wurde, ist eins klar: Das war ein Verbrechen aus Hass.
Durch die Ereignisse schockiert und besorgt, richtete sich Daniel Dae Kim, der Star aus “Lost“ und “Hawaii Five-0“, an den Kongress. Dieser hatte es nicht zustande gebracht, eine Legislative zu beschließen, welche Gewalt gegen Asiaten verurteilt:
„Ich fühle mich wirklich entmutigt, dass ein Gesetzesentwurf, welcher kein Geld und keine Ressourcen benötigt, nur eine Verurteilung gegen die Gewalt gegen asiatisch-stämmige Bürger, von 164 Mitgliedern des Kongresses, allesamt Republikaner, abgelehnt wurde. Ich bin nicht naiv genug um zu denken, dass ich alle überzeugen kann, für uns einzustehen, glauben sie mir! Ich habe die Abstimmungsunterlagen gesehen. Ich möchte deshalb mein Wort an jene richten, denen Menschlichkeit noch wichtig ist!“
Auf die bestialische Tat meldeten sich viele Stars, welche sich mit den asiatischen Mitmenschen solidarisierten. In der Hoffnung, dass sich etwas ändert:
Daniel Dae Kim on House bill condemning anti-Asian sentiment: „I was disheartened to find that for a bill that required no money or resources, just a simple condemnation of acts of hate …164 members of Congress—all Republican—voted against it.“ https://t.co/Apq0AYUMdR pic.twitter.com/B2ZY10Rwlo
— ABC News (@ABC) March 18, 2021
The violent attacks and murders against Asians are still happening.
Please help us.
We need help to be safe in our country.#StopAsianHate. Please. pic.twitter.com/NJ3knm1hlo— o l i v i a (@oliviamunn) March 17, 2021
Targeted, hunted down, 8 murdered. We do not feel safe. #StopAsianHate
— Jamie Chung (@jamiechung1) March 17, 2021
My heart goes out to the victims and their families. These murders and countless acts of violence and the destruction of businesses and white terrorism in our communities are the direct cause of politicians and leaders fanning the flames of anti Asian rhetoric and using us as…
— Jamie Chung (@jamiechung1) March 17, 2021
a scapegoat for a global pandemic. Historically Asian immigrants have been the scapegoat for others misfortunes. This ends now. It starts by calling it what it is. MEDIA YOU NEED TO DO BETTER, CALL IT WHAT IT IS, DOMESTIC TERRORISM HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIANS. #stopasianhate
— Jamie Chung (@jamiechung1) March 17, 2021
Wake up… your Asian friends and family are deeply scared, horrified, sick to their stomachs and wildly angry. Please please please check in on us, please please please stand with us. Please. Your Asian friend needs you, even if they aren’t publicly grieving on social media. x
— Lana Condor (@lanacondor) March 17, 2021
The race of the person committing the crime matters less than the simple fact that if you act with hate in your heart, you are part of the problem. And to those with the power to help and yet sit idly by, your silence is complicity. #StopAsianHate https://t.co/0QaLoXhtP0
— Daniel Dae Kim (@danieldaekim) March 17, 2021
The targeting of our Asian brothers and sisters is sickening, but not surprising given the normalizing of anti-Asian hate speech in the past year. We have to #StopAsianHate, enough is enough!
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 17, 2021
This is sooo heartbreaking…praying for our world. To my Asian American family, please take time to grieve but know youre loved, seen and IMPORTANT. We have to keep standing up, speaking out, rallying together and fighting for change. We cannot lose hope!! ❤️#StopAsianHate #NOW https://t.co/Xm4ojbJALw
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) March 17, 2021
These women were people, with loved ones. They were struggling and marginalized. And if an eyewitnesses account is correct, they were targeted because they were Asian.
Hold them in your hearts. Think of their families. And #StopAAPIHate
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 17, 2021
I know these women. The ones working themselves to the bone to send their kids to school, to send money back home. In too much pain to know what else to say so I’ll just leave this here. https://t.co/Dz7wKkbADy
— Lulu Wang (@thumbelulu) March 17, 2021
This is deeply, deeply sad.
Trump on Fox *tonight* referred to COVID using the racist slur „China virus.“
He previously called it the „Kung Flu.“
While he continues to spread hatred against Asian Americans, people like this shooter are listening.https://t.co/bBAkzQl3R1
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 17, 2021
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