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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman charged with hate crime after slapping Asian victim for speaking Mandarin outside shop
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-arrest-anti-asian-hate-crime-slap-20210421-oe4tfejkqzfwnbtf5pisohy62i-story.htmlthere seems to be spike on asian discriminations for sure
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Woman charged with hate crime after slapping Asian victim for speaking Mandarin outside shop (Original Post)
catsudon
Apr 2021
OP
Maybe a spike in incidents or maybe just a spike in people taking them seriously. n/t
PoliticAverse
Apr 2021
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lpbk2713
(43,189 posts)1. Should be sentenced to community service.
Picking up litter in Chinatown.
ExciteBike66
(2,630 posts)3. Naw, her presence would add to the litter...
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. Maybe a spike in incidents or maybe just a spike in people taking them seriously. n/t
ProfessorGAC
(69,459 posts)4. Or Both
But, clearly they're being taken seriously now. I don't how much more seriously, but it sure seems to be getting attention from law enforcement more than before.
AllaN01Bear
(22,874 posts)5. who the heck to you think YOU are lady?
Jilly_in_VA
(10,775 posts)6. I am so bloody tired
of these goddam Qarens! (sorry, I don't know what else to call them since the word "b*tch" has been banned and anyway it's taken on a whole other connotation, not necessarily a bad one)
Celerity
(46,154 posts)11. not a typical Karen, unfortunately
Jilly_in_VA
(10,775 posts)12. Did you know
that Whoopi Goldberg's real name is Karen Johnson? Yes, there are also Black Karens.
Celerity
(46,154 posts)13. the name Karen is meaningless if it is just your real name
'Karen' the meme means white privileged racist women acting out on PoC in most, if not all, cases
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)7. Dunno why she wasn't just charged with assault
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)8. It's very sad to see this result of former guy's very successful attempt to normalize
hate and violence. We have to take him and his cult down.
Solly Mack
(92,313 posts)9. K&R
Demovictory9
(33,498 posts)10. video of slapping incident