Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C.

From	Auric Hellman <adhellman@volcanomail.com>
Newsgroups	talk.politics.misc
Subject	Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C.
Date	2021-03-15 23:35 -0400
Organization	NAACPP
Message-ID	<s2p92b$r2b$3@dont-email.me> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw

The year-end report released by the Vancouver Police Department says 
there were 12 hate crimes against people of Asian descent in 2019. In 
2020, that number jumped to 98 – an increase of 717 percent.

Queenie Choo is the CEO of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. <https://successbc.ca/>, a 
nonprofit that helps new immigrants to Canada. She points to rhetoric 
from high-profile politicians, including former U.S. President Donald 
Trump referring to COVID-19 as the "China virus," as a reason for the 
stark increase in incidents targeting Asians.

Choo suspects the actual number of hate crimes is probably a lot higher.

"I feel that this probably is the tip of the iceberg as well," she said. 
"These are the reported incidents. There might be also unreported 
incidents that account to even more than a 700 percent increase."

In one high-profile case from last year, a 92-year-old man of Asian 
descent, suffering from Alzheimer’s, was pushed out of a convenience 
store and to the ground on Vancouver’s eastside.

Choo says there needs to be better research and understanding exploring 
the historical and contemporary racism in Canada.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan is promising new legislation to 
help fight hate crimes.

Choo also says there needs to be further focus on all types of systemic 
racism in Canadian government and society, securing adequate funding for 
anti-racism initiatives and the creation of safe communities through 
crisis and counseling helplines.

https://www.knkx.org/post/anti-asian-racist-attacks-spike-vancouver-bc


Racism in all its' forms is repugnant and should be fought wherever it 
is found. The only way to fight bigotry is to shine a bright light on it 
for all to see.



-- 
Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman@volcanomail.com

Back to talk.politics.misc | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Auric Hellman <adhellman@volcanomail.com> - 2021-03-15 23:35 -0400
  Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2021-03-16 10:34 -0500
    Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Barrk <Barrk@k9t8.net> - 2021-03-16 23:07 -0400
  Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Barrk <Barrk@k9t8.net> - 2021-03-16 23:06 -0400
    Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2021-03-17 15:48 -0500
      Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Susan Cohen <thickirish@cunt.com> - 2021-03-17 19:22 -0400
        Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Barrk <Barrk@k9t8.net> - 2021-03-18 00:21 -0400
          Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> - 2021-03-18 20:29 -0500
            Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Barrk <Barrk@k9t8.net> - 2021-03-18 23:42 -0400
              Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Ubiquitous <webspermeater@polaris.net> - 2021-03-18 21:36 -0700
                Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Rudy Crayola <Meth@Amphetamin.com> - 2021-03-19 22:54 -0500
            Re: Anti-Asian racist attacks spike in Vancouver, B.C. Leper <Leper@MalokaiColony.com> - 2021-03-19 22:51 -0500

csiph-web