Reactions to the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent: ___ “Racially motivated violence must be called out for exactly what it is and we must stop making excuses for it or rebranding it as economic anxiety or sexual addiction. ...
Words matter. Leadership matters. We must all loudly condemn actions and language rooted in fear and bigotry that harms all of us.” — Democratic U.S.
Rep. Marilyn Strickland of Washington, the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress. ___ “While the details ... are still emerging, the broader context cannot be ignored.
The shootings happened under the trauma of increasing violence against Asian Americans nationwide, fueled by white supremacy