When I was a child...

[Solly Mack]

88. You were hoping to learn something new but not everyone has a good motive.

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Though I don't think anyone hoping to lash out at someone who was specifically Korean or Chinese or Japanese would stop to ask if their victim was the ethnicity they were aiming to attack.

Like Trump with his "China virus" hate speech providing the impetus to attack Asian Americans. The attackers aren't worried about if the person they attack are, in fact, Chinese. Though their language would reflect anger at people from China. They only see Asian or someone they assume is Asian and that's who they want to hurt. Every Asian is Chinese as far as they are concerned.

Same with attacks on Muslims in the days following September 11, 2001. Anyone with a head covering was likely to be attacked, like the Sikh man who was murdered in Arizona. The killer didn't care really, about whether his victim was Muslim or whatever - all he saw was a head covering and dark skin. He had told friends he was going to kill "towel-heads". Anyone with a head covering would do.

Her point still stands though. You have to wonder why someone wants to know the difference because their motive might be to bring harm. Her other point was it didn't matter, the differences, because when it comes to racism, they are all the other to the people who hate.

To a white supremacist, everyone against their ideology is the "other". The enemy.