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An Asian Uber Driver Was Attacked by a Mob. Then YouTube Took Down His Video

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Post by JPKab »

fitzie wrote: post #157
tartoran wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Several attacks on asians in the last couple of months in New York suggest that there is a problem related to Trump followers, fans, whatever you want to call them. Several were caught that’s why I drew this conclusion. If you remember Trump stirred a lot of hate in this country and while these sentiments didn’t start with Trump, he certainly brought them to the surface.

if you look at the polling data, more minorities voted for the Republicans during 2020 than any time in the last forty years. The idea that Trump stirred up racial hate is not established in the broader community. and there are plenty of examples of the left using racial sensitivities to drive politician opinion and support, going as far as making up fake racial attacks (aka hate hoaxes). oddly, these are rarely deno…

You aren't wrong about this, and to boot, I just got back from a week and a half with my in-laws, who are Filipino-Americans.

They are pretty rabid Trump supporters, probably not unrelated to the fact that my wife's family are universally successful, extremely wealthy, entrepreneurs. They live in Atlanta, and therefore the topic of the massage parlor shooting came up.

The refrain I kept hearing from my wife's uncle, specifically, was that "we know what we see with our own eyes, and it doesn't match what THEY (he meant the establishment media) are trying to tell us".

It was a rather surreal experience arguing about Trump with them as a white dude, with them being the defenders.

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Post by zachm0 »

andyxor wrote: post #127
monkeycantype wrote: post #54

For those of us outside of the US, can someone explain the background of what's happening? Is there a group using covid or conflict with the CCP to incite violence against Asians? Or is this just the relentless churn of everyday pointless hideous violence that has been previously un-noted in a media when the victims were asian?

black-on-asian violence has exploded in 2020-21 and the US liberals are trying to hide it as it doesn't fit the "black victim" narrative, aka BLM and all that. That narrative has been applied successfully for political gain , i.e. it's easier to get public support for fake "social justice" causes vs. actually fixing the underlying (predominantly economic) problems which originate in bad policy and bloated government.

Can you link to something that shows that black-on-asian violence has exploded in 2020-21? I wasn't able to find anything.

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Post by arionhardison »

alephnan wrote: post #141
alephnan wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will get downvoted and flagged for sharing this context, but here it is anyways Silicon Valley is predominated by and attracts people who are left leaning. This ideology carries with it a narrative that there is an oppressed group and a oppressing group. In America, the form this narrative takes is that non-whites are oppressed by white supremacy. There is a notion that Asians are a “model minority” who fare better…

I say “notion” for Asian being model minorities is because it depends on how you define success. Asians have, on average, higher incomes than other groups in the US including whites. Asians are overrepresented in tech. However, when you look at senior and executive positions, Asians are underrepresented. This is known as the bamboo ceiling. Tech companies while left leaning is still predominantly white in management…

This comment is rife with the bias that asians use to oppress other minorities, mainly blacks. Interestingly this is the one thing you do not allude to at all. You paint blacks as ignorant perpetual victims, you paint all whites as bad faith actors. This is the "asian hate" that never gets called out, this is why the name Latisha Harlins is never spoken and the perpetual racism of asians toward blacks never gets called out. Unfortunately stop asian hate is only seen as stopping hate directed toward asians, it would be a much more effective strategy if asians and all people would take this to mean asians should also stop the hate the direct at others.

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Post by koheripbal »

alephnan wrote: post #136
monkeycantype wrote: post #54

For those of us outside of the US, can someone explain the background of what's happening? Is there a group using covid or conflict with the CCP to incite violence against Asians? Or is this just the relentless churn of everyday pointless hideous violence that has been previously un-noted in a media when the victims were asian?

I will get downvoted and flagged for sharing this context, but here it is anyways Silicon Valley is predominated by and attracts people who are left leaning. This ideology carries with it a narrative that there is an oppressed group and a oppressing group. In America, the form this narrative takes is that non-whites are oppressed by white supremacy. There is a notion that Asians are a “model minority” who fare better…

Creating an anti-white narrative is an important part of very-far-left advocates, which is why the term POC (Person of Color) was created. ...to ensure that minorities that are not black are supportive of movements like BLM.

Reinforcing a narrative of white-supremacy is a key part of that strategy.

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Post by rafale »

kenjackson wrote: post #65
rafale wrote: post #8

The title doesn't specify the perpetrator is white and doesn't mention white supremacy. It can only mean one thing, the elephant in the room, black-on-asian violence. If someone saw the video, can you please confirm my hunch?

People said the same thing about the Asian spa attacks. And then the perp wasn’t black. Sometimes the race just isn’t mentioned, not a grand conspiracy.

It was though. CNN had a big capital letters headline with white supremacy on it.

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Post by rafale »

simondotau wrote: post #112
haram_masala wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to explore this: what exactly is your objection to the often-cited observation that black people, who are 13% of the population, commit 52% of the violent crimes? I don’t even know if that’s accurate - if not, then surely that’s the biggest problem with it. But if it’s true, then why is it a dog whistle? I’m not challenging you here, I’m trying to understand why it’s wrong to state it in this kind of context.

Why is it wrong? Well for one thing, it skates too close to implying direct causation between skin colour and a propensity to engage in violence, when there's a far more obvious line of indirect causation: skin colour –> poverty –> propensity to engage in violence. The link between skin colour and poverty is undeniable—it's right there in the aftermath of slavery and Government-sanctioned racism in the decades hence.…

It's not poverty or skin color that's the issue. It's the culture that encourages violence, promiscuity (attack on the nuclear family) and unaccountability. Other groups, especially first generation immigrants, manage to rise above the challenges of poverty and skin color. I am not only talking about Asians, but black Africans who immigrated in the US recently. Totally different culture, a much better outcome.

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Post by rafale »

kenjackson wrote: post #82
bpodgursky wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's constructive to talk about ideological motivation; the elephant is that most of the increase in anti-Asian violence over the past year _is_ black-on-asian. Which is a narrative incompatible with pinning it on white supremacy. A lot is clearly crime of opportunity, but a lot of the high-profile cases appear to be completely unmotivated by theft (ie, the assaults on elderly asians are often just suck…

I don’t know if that’s true. The worst violence caught in video has been from Blacks, but I think total reported instances still are non-Black.

Asians are the only racial group who is more likely to be a victim of crime by someone outside their own race (i.e. non asian), predominantly black perpetrators. It's insane.

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Post by rafale »

tryonenow wrote: post #45
nemothekid wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It can only mean one thing, the elephant in the room, black-on-asian violence Is there anywhere I can read about this elephant in the room? I'm not sure why the label is important here; is the implication that black people are ideologically motivated to attack Asians? Are you sure this was a hate crime (the driver was attacked because was Asian) or a crime of oppurtunity (the driver was attacked because he was an e…

It is critically important in a political climate where one side is using the spectre of white supremacy as a political cudgel. When a complicit media makes a consistent effort to paint a false picture. This censorship is not an isolated incident. News articles regularly leave out the perpetrator's race unless it's white. Reddit regularly deletes and locks threads on inconvenient articles/videos such as this, includi…

It's obvious but you can't say anything about it. Either don't mention race or always mention it. Media should educate us on issues. And if white supremacy is a problem, black-on-asian violence is as well. No group should be above scrutiny.

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Post by koheripbal »

simondotau wrote: post #81

Personally I find it frustrating whenever anyone gets summarised as their cultural appearance, biological sex, chosen gender, political affiliation, or anything else like that. When we get headlines like "Asian attacked by black person" it becomes far too easy to lazily read that as "Asian people are victims. Black people are violent." The root cause of this incident might have nothing to do with either person's cult…

The media and politicians find value in advancing a narrative that racial conflict is escalating in America.

Fearful citizens are more easily to motivate to vote reliably, and without questioning more complex policy positions. Moreover, racially motivated voters seldom demand anything of substance from their leaders aside from the appearance of "standing up".

TV and online media similarly love racial conflict because it drives high user engagement and ad revenues, while similarly lowering the bar for producing any meaningful content.

The self-destructive path we are on should be greater cause for alarm. There is no evidence that the escalation racial violence will abate any time soon.

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Post by kenjackson »

rafale wrote: post #165
kenjackson wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People said the same thing about the Asian spa attacks. And then the perp wasn’t black. Sometimes the race just isn’t mentioned, not a grand conspiracy.

It was though. CNN had a big capital letters headline with white supremacy on it.

The first day or so there was no mention of race in most places. Go look on Reddit. You saw the same things said, "No mention of race... I wonder what that means... must not fit the narrative". Then when the race came out it then these same people said, "It isn't about race, but he had sex issues".
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