Anti-Asian Racists Must Pay Legal Price
Anti-Asian Racists Must Pay Legal Price
By Camilla Liu
I will always remember the time when I heard a man yelling “Go back to China” at a social activist whom I admire at her mayoral campaign in Toronto some years ago. Being Asian myself and an undergrad student back then, I questioned: is racism really something Asians must still deal with, despite their achievements?
Many Asians in North America can tell you their personal stories of racism. My underlying fear surfaced when anti-Asian violence linked to COVID-19 spiked all over the continent, driven by a false rhetoric that blames Asians for the pandemic.
Following the recent shooting of eight people in Atlanta, six of whom were Asian American women, the mayor of Atlanta has declared it a hate crime, even though the police say it is too early to determine the motive.
Earlier this year in San Francisco, an 84-year-old Thai man, Vicha Ratanapakdee, was shoved to the ground during his morning walk and died. The perpetrator, Antoine Watson, was a 19-year-old teen who ran full speed into the victim. Watson was charged with murder and elder abuse. He pled not guilty.
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