Source: CCTV News Client
In recent times, Asians in major cities in the United States have held marches and demonstrations for many days to protest discriminatory behaviors and hate crimes against Asians. On April 4, local time, a large number of citizens in San Francisco gathered near the city hall for a "anti-Asian hatred" rally.
On the same day, the participants wore a T-shirt with the words "Asians are very powerful" and held slogans such as "Stop Asian Hate" in their hands to oppose the recent series of hate crimes against Asians. The organizers of the event taught people the self-defense technique on the spot, encouraging people to bravely defend themselves when they encounter hate crimes.
protest organizer martial arts coach Hudson Liao: We cannot wait for policies and politicians, this requires long-term systematic reform. Now the elderly may be beaten to death when walking on the street. Who do you want to make sense? At present, similar The dialogue has lost its direction. If someone thinks that nothing is wrong with this kind of thing, how can I communicate with him? So the top priority now is to start a dialogue with Asian compatriots, because many people are filled with fear and I don’t want me to do it. My fellow countrymen live in fear, and I don’t want my mother to live in fear.
Asian couple was robbed at their doorstep by their son driving away the robber with a knife
According to ABC , recently, in , , Oakland, California, four gangsters robbed an elderly Asian man, and were subsequently The two old men's sons waved their swords to drive them away.
ABC released a video on the 3rd. As can be seen in the video, four gangsters approached an elderly Asian couple and robbed. A gangster snatched a necklace from a woman's neck, while other gangsters snatched a cell phone and key from a man's pocket. Immediately afterwards, the two old men's sons rushed out barefoot, holding kitchen knives, and drove the criminals away. The gangster fled the scene in a black car.
According to the ABC News anchor, the sons of the two robbed elderly people said afterwards that the incident occurred at around 4:30 pm local time on March 29, when his parents were standing outside their own door, and he Changing clothes at home. After hearing his mother's scream, he rushed out barefoot. He said he was very glad that he was at home at that time, otherwise something worse might have happened.
And just the day before the robbery, less than 10 minutes' drive from the place where the incident occurred, a Vietnamese couple were tied up by the criminals in front of their 7-year-old daughter. Some of the savings and the house were looted.
Vietnamese girls: I'm very scared, they (robbers) may come back, I don't want them to come back.
Both victims of the robbery said they were dissatisfied with the speed and importance of Auckland police and hoped that the police could take concrete actions.
American Asians face more discrimination and hatred than other ethnic groups
In the past year, Asians in the United States have suffered more and more discrimination. Data shows that in the United States, Asians face more discriminatory behaviors and hate crimes than other ethnic groups.
According to recent statistics from the U.S. anti-discrimination group "Stop Hate of Asian-Pacific Americans", the organization has received nearly 3,800 reports of racial discrimination against Asian-Americans across the United States in less than a year, including speech Attack, personal injury, smashing and smashing shops, etc. The report also shows that 503 hate incidents against Asians broke out in the United States in 2021 alone. These hate incidents include intentional avoidance, slander and even personal attacks against Asians, with women and the elderly being their main targets.
Another data from " New York Times " also shows that hate crimes against Asians reported to the police in various cities in the United States are surging. The New York Times published an article on April 3 saying that by sorting out violence against Asians since March 2020, it was found that more than 110 of them were obviously racial hatred.
This number is only a small part, because only the most serious incidents will often be reported by the media, and hate crimes against Asian groups may be "significantly underestimated".
(Editor Lu Kaili)
