Audio Diary: Dangerous Lee on #StopAsianHate

What is #StopAsianHate

#StopAsianHate is a hashtag that started on social media in response to the increased racism and violence that Asian people have experienced worldwide during the Covid19 pandemic.

Why Is There An Increase in Asian Hate?

Racism. Duh! But at this particular time the racism against Asian people has increased due to 45 referring to Covid19 as the “Chinese virus”.

“There’s a clear correlation between President Trump’s incendiary comments, his insistence on using the term ‘Chinese virus’ and the subsequent hate speech spread on social media and the hate violence directed towards us,” says Russell Jeung, a co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. “It gives people license to attack us. The current spate of attacks on our elderly is part of how that rhetoric has impacted the broader population.”

time.com/5938482/asian-american-attacks

In this Audio Diary episode I talk about how I feel about the #StopAsianHate movement, including my thoughts on the racist issues between the Asian and Black communities, though we have built some solidarity through the years.

Note 1: There are some audio issues at the 3:03 – 3:06 mark where I am saying “That doesn’t mean I think that the way they’re being treated is justified.”

Note 2: The story I mention was posted by NBC not CBS.