THEY
THEY HAVE
THEY HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THAT COUPLE AND ARE STILL CALLING THIS AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION.
WE OF COURSE HAVE BEEN
REPORTING ON THE RISE IN A.H.
HATE CRIMES.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME
OF THE VIDEOS OF THOSE TERRIBLE
ATTACKS.
SOME OF THE ATTACKERS HAVE BEEN
BLACK MEN TONIGHT FACING RACE
KING FIGHTS NATALIE SWABI LOOKS
AT THE HISTORICAL TENSION
BETWEEN BLACK AMERICANS AND
ASIAN-AMERICANS AND GIVES US
SOME 21ST CENTURY CONTEXT.
HE CAME TO CHINATOWN TO LOOK
FOR VICTIM WITH A WEAPON IN HIS
POCKET.
HE AVOIDED MY PARTNER.
HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO
STRUCK ME.
I COULD FEEL MY MASK WAS
FEEDING OFF HIS BLOOD IF I
SMILED.
IT'S JUST MY FACE IS LOPSIDED
ON FEBRUARY 25TH, YOU KNOW
NORIKO SAYS SHE WAS LEFT WITH
FOUR BROKEN TEETH, THREE FACIAL
FRACTURES AND A CONCUSSION.
HER CASE IS A STORY SHE WANTS
PEOPLE TO HEAR.
IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN
SEATTLE'S CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NOW HAS A
NIGHTWATCH.
WE REALIZE THE NEED LIKE OH,
SOME PEOPLE NEED PROTECTION
WALKING THROUGH THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
THIS COMMUNITY BASED EFFORTS
STARTED NINE MONTHS AGO IN
RESPONSE TO A RISE IN VANDALISM
AND VIOLENCE.
I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED REMARKS
REGARDING THE CHINA VIRUS
CORONAVIRUS DIRECTED AT ME.
I FEEL OFFENDED.
I FEEL SAD AND ANGRY THE SAME
TIME.
IT'S TERRIBLE BUT THE ONLY WAY
WE CAN HANDLE IT, THE ONLY WAY
TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO GET
ORGANIZED AND NOT PUT UP WITH
IT.
AN ASIAN FROM A MAN BEING
SHOVED AND SPIT ON IN SEATTLE A
WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN AND STOMPED
ON IN NEW YORK TO COMMENTS LIKE
THIS GO BACK TO WHATEVER ASIAN
COUNTRY YOU STOP.
AAPI HATE AN ADVOCACY GROUP
TRACKING THE ESCALATION
OF XENOPHOBIA AND BIGOTRY SAYS
IT'S RECEIVED NEARLY THIRTY ONE
HUNDRED REPORTS OF HATE
INCIDENTS TARGETING
ASIAN-AMERICANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
EDUCATION VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A
PROBLEM AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN
ALIVE BUT VERY RARELY DOES A
BREAKTHROUGH WHEN SCHWEID
TEACHES ASIAN-AMERICAN AND
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, HE
SAYS ATTENTION IS BEING PAID
NOW TO CASES LIKE THE ATLANTA
MASS SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED
EIGHT LIVES.
SIX OF THE VICTIMS WERE WOMEN
OF ASIAN DESCENT.
THE SHOOTER, A WHITE MAN,
CLAIMS THE ATTACK WAS NOT
MOTIVATED BY.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN WIDELY
CIRCULATED VIDEOS THAT SHOW
BLACK MEN ATTACKING ELDERLY
ASIAN PEOPLE AND THAT'S BROUGHT
UP HISTORICAL TENSIONS BETWEEN
BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES.
THE CONFLICTS ARE WELL KNOWN IN
BOTH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES BUT
OFTEN NOT TALKED ABOUT OPENLY.
WE ARE FACING RACE WANTED TO
DOVE INTO THIS HISTORIC TENSION
AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE OVERT
HATE MANY ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE
FACING TODAY.
WE SHOULD TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
CHALLENGE THE NARRATIVE THAT
WOULD PUT ONE GROUP AGAINST
ANOTHER.
WHY IS IT SO MUCH EASIER TO GET
ATTENTION FOR CONFLICTS BETWEEN
BLACK AND ASIAN PEOPLE?
WHY DO ASIAN-AMERICANS MAKE THE
NEWS MAKE DISCUSSIONS OF RACE
WHEN THEY CAN BE USED AGAINST
BLACK CANDIDATES AND HONESTLY
PART OF BUYING INTO THE MODEL
MINORITY MYTH IS BUYING INTO
ANTIBLACK RACISM.
SHOW ME A TRIPATHY WITH ASIAN
COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE
SAYS THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH
CLAIMS ASIAN-AMERICAN ARE
SUCCESSFUL AND DOWNPLAYS RACISM
FOR A LONG TIME I THINK LIKE
MANY ASIAN PEOPLE INCLUDING
LIKE SOUTH ASIAN PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN SOLD THE NARRATIVE THAT
LIKE YOUR PROXIMITY TO
WHITENESS WILL LIBERATE YOU
LIKE THE MORE CLOSER YOU ARE TO
WHITE PEOPLE, THE MORE MONEY
THAT YOU MAKE, THE MORE YOU PUT
YOUR HEAD DOWN, STUDY HARD LIKE
YOU WILL BE FREE FROM RACISM IS
A NARRATIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD AND HAS CREATED THIS MODEL
MINORITY MYTH AND I THINK
SEEING THIS RISE IN ANTI ASIAN
VIOLENCE IS LIKE JUST THE MOST
VISCERAL EXAMPLE THAT THAT IS
NOT TRUE.
I THINK THAT WHITE SUPREMACY IS
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT WE
SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR
ATTENTION ON RIGHT NOW AND NOT
HOW OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE
TENSION.
IT'S NOT ONLY A PERIOD
OF TENSION BETWEEN BLACK AND
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES OVER
THE YEARS THERE HAS BEEN
SOLIDARITY TOO AND A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THAT IS SEATTLE'S
GANG OF FOUR, A GROUP OF FOUR
FRIENDS WHO FOR DECADES A LOT
OF MULTI-COLOR EFFORT TO FIGHT
FOR EQUALITY.
WE WILL HEAR FROM THAT GROUP
SERVI GANG MEMBER ABOUT WHY
THAT KIND OF UNITY