In the United States, hatred towards the Asian community continues to grow. The “Stop Asian Hate”, First appeared as d’hashtag on the web, gained momentum after a series of moortres March 16. This that night, din the Atlanta, Georgia area, a man is at the origin of several killings in neighboring massage parlors. In total, 8 dead including 6 Asian women.
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Rihanna spoke directly about this on social networks: “What happened yesterday in Atlanta is brutal, tragic, and certainly not an isolated incident, far from it. The hatred of AAPI has been perpetuated in a creeping fashion and it is disgusting! ” she confides before continuing:
My heart is broken for the Asian community and my heart is with the loved ones of those we lost yesterday. The hatred must stop.
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Shortly after these shootings, the first demonstrations took place to denounce anti-Asian racism with, in particular, Sandra Oh (Grays Anatomy, Killing Eve) as spokesperson.
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As for Riri, she did not arrested was… Dat the beginning of April, the artist marched (almost) incognito in the streets of New York at another demonstration in support of the movement “Stop Asian Hate” brandissant a sign and inviteant passers-by to join her.
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Rihanna joins the #StopAsianHate protest in NYC ❤️ || ???? teacuptina pic.twitter.com/SVqN5V27b7
— BET (@BET) April 5, 2021
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The American non-profit association Stop AAPI Hate received just under 3,800 reports of anti-discrimination and violenceasians between March 2020 and February 2021. Obviously, the parallel with the health crisis is quickly established. The old one président Donald Trump even reinforced this fear and racism towards the Asian community by qualifying Covid-19 as a “Chinese virus”.
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Stop AAPI Hate is proud to announce our latest national report, measuring anti-Asian hate incidents from March 2020-Feb 2021. In the last 12 months, we have tracked 3,795 hate incident reports from APIs in all 50 states and DC. pic.twitter.com/fbKUUdByvj
– Stop AAPI Hate (tStopAAPIHate) March 16, 2021
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