trigger warning for violence.

recently there has been a lot of violence and abuse towards the asian community, particularly to the elderly. i’ve only seen these stories covered on asian platforms like nextshark or through asian influencers and activists.

i wanted to find some resources to reblog on tumblr to raise awareness, but having the word “asian” in my search just took me to suggestive content (which speaks to another large issue in the asian community, and in case you weren’t aware, recently apple’s adult content filter blocked the word asian from its browser search).

since i couldn’t find posts talking about this, i just wanted to share some of the horrible things that have been happening lately because i believe this needs more coverage and awareness:

• LIST OF INCIDENTS OF XENOPHOBIA AND RACISM RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC
• thai man, 84, dies after being attacked in broad daylight in san francisco (1) (2) 
• 70 year old grandmother robbed on her way home (1) (2)
• 64 year old grandmother robbed of $1000 in san jose
• asian man beaten and robbed of around $15 000
• elderly chinese couple beaten, wife dies from injuries
• 9 asian-owned businesses have their windows smashed in oregon
• oakland chinatown hit with over 20 attacks targeting elderly in 2 weeks (1) (2)