Stop Changing the Subject From Anti-Asian Racism

On this day last year, Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan, and Yong Ae Yue were murdered by a terrorist who police said was “having a bad day.” Since then, Asian Americans have known many more bad days. Bad days on which a 67-year-old Filipina woman was punched more than 100 times and spit on. Bad days on which seven women were assaulted by the same man in a span of two hours. Bad days on which our elders were slashed or bludgeoned with rocks and hammers, like GuiYing Ma and Noel Quintana. Bad days on which a man my father’s age had his head stomped on while he was collecting cans, like Yao Pan Ma. Bad days on which women — who very well could have been me — were pushed in front of a train, like Michelle Go, or followed home and stabbed to death, like Christina Yuna Lee.

How much more can we take? In the year since the Atlanta spa shootings, many versions of this story have been written. They start with surnames that still register as foreign to most readers skimming over them and end with an appeal to the community to please, please stand up and keep fighting. But with what? Yet another memorial fund?

Congress has closed a loophole that allowed federal officers to claim sex with a detainee is consensual. Uh-oh: Netflix is testing an extra fee for subscribers to share their log-in credentials outside of their own households. This is a devastating blow to farmers, New Zealanders, and tater fans everywhere. Is America once again in denial about signs of a fresh COVID-19 wave? Glossier recently laid off a third of its corporate workers, mostly in tech. Now former employees are sharing what went wrong. A resource for everyone who’s been wondering recently, Do I have COVID or just seasonal allergies? And check out the winners of the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards.

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