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25th March 2021
Atlanta Shootings: The Many Threads of Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia
On March 16th 2021, a series of mass shootings targeting Asian spa’s took place in Atlanta, Georgia. As a result, 8 people were left dead, 6 of whom were Asian women. Young’s Asian Massage, the first targeted establishment, saw Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng lose their lives. The suspects’ second and third attacks in central Atlanta took the lives of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, and Yong Ae Yue [1]. Unsurprisingly, the perpetrator- 21 year