It's Lunar New Year--but Asian Americans in the Bay Area Are Afraid to Go Out

[DonViejo]

After a spate of attacks on elderly Asian Americans, the question in the Bay Area has become: What next?

Arya Hodjat
Breaking News Intern

Updated Feb. 12, 2021 6:00PM ET / Published Feb. 12, 2021 3:33PM ET

A 91-year-old man shoved to the ground. A 71-year old woman attacked and robbed. An 84-year-old man who died after being assaulted on his morning walk.

As the Lunar New Year begins Friday, Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area are afraid to leave their homes, not just because of the coronavirus, but because of a spate of high-profile attacks against elders in recent months.


On Tuesday, Nancy O’Malley, the district attorney of Alameda County, which includes Oakland, said she would be establishing a Special Response Unit to investigate anti-Asian crimes.

“We will help victims heal from their trauma and help the businesses be strong again, here in Chinatown. We will all be vigilant in protecting the Asian community,” O’Malley said at a press conference in Oakland.

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[iemitsu]

1. Asians, everywhere in America, have been made targets.

Trump and his asshole supporters have made it much harder to even live.

[kimbutgar]

2. My Asian next door neighbor told me she was told recently to go back to China and take her virus

With her. As she relayed this to me she was teary eyed. I grew up in San Francisco with many Asian friends and I am shocked at the level of prejudice I’ve been seeing. A guy said to me in Target a few months that he hates “c*#&ks” I said “you’re an idiot “ and walked away from him shaking my head.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Most Asian restaurants closed down last spring during the first shutdown

even though they were allowed to be open for take-out. There was and still is a safety concern.