The deadly 2021 Atlanta spa shootings brought attention to a surge of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, particularly women.
A Georgia official faced swift backlash for pinning a shooting rampage that left eight dead at three Atlanta-area spas on a "very bad day" for the alleged gun."Many of us, while we have experienced some level of racialized sexual harassment, no one thought something like this could happen," she added.Grace Pai is the executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago. She said for many Asian American women, the tragedy in Atlanta is a call to action.
"There is a lot of fear in the Asian community and in the immigrant community to not speak up about things that you have experienced," Pai said."So now that we're starting to see more public accounts, and more and more people speak up." ALSO SEE: Activists hold Chinatown meeting to combat Asian hate as protests ensue nationwide: 'We are scared'
According to a National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum survey of more than 2,400 AAPI women across the country 74% reported experiencing racism and/or discrimination over the last 12 months, 38% said they experienced sexual harassment and 12% reported experiencing gender and/or race-based physical violence.
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