March 16, 2021, a shooting incident that outrages the whole Asian community occurred in Atlanta, Georgia. 8 people were killed in 3 different spas, and 6 of them were identified as Asian females. Since the majority of victims are Asian women, innumerable voices are shouting “stop Asian hate”, for the sake of Asian’s rights and safety in the United States.
Currently in the United States, there are 49 states that officially have hate crime law. Hate crime law is a law that can press additional charges if the motivation of the crime is based on one’s race, gender, religion, or any other bias. Georgia also passed the hate crime law last year. However, hate crime law is nearly impractical since it is hard to acquire evidence. For example, although the majority of society in United States believe that the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings was a hate crime, the suspect, Robert Aaron Long, denies and asserts that the incident was due to his sex addiction and he committed a crime in order to eliminate the source of his illness. He was a customer of the spas and his implied purpose of using the massage service was to fulfill his sexual desire. Since he couldn’t recover from his sex addiction by himself, he decided to murder all of his motives.
According to Stop AAPI hate (nonprofit organization that tracks happening of crimes and discrimination against Asians and Pacific Islanders in United States), hate against the Asians in United States has been increasing geometrically since March 2020, the month when COVID-19 outbreak started globally. With the details, Stop AAPI hate report indicates that about 3,300 hates were reported in 2020, and additional 500 events were reported in 2021. Although these are certainly big numbers, the report clarifies that these reported incidents are not the only occurrences; it is happening more than we expect it to, and the numbers on report merely depicts how severe the current situation is against Asians. Violence including verbal abuse, physical harassment, and neglect towards Asians have been deteriorating and the communal effort is essential to prevent and solve this brutal situation.
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