According2Sam #85

With the recent rise in news stories about the spike in attacks on Asians it also raises a few questions about the narrative being promoted. For starters, which group of Asians are being attacked? Asia is the largest continent on the planet. Saudi Arabia is in Asia, Turkey, Iran, Papua New Guinea --- Russia is in Asia! Are they saying that there is a spike in attacks on Russians? They are claiming these are racial hate crimes, but how is Asia a race? Then there's the who, as in who is attacking Asians? A few weeks ago Teaunte Bailey, a 26 year old Black man from Oakland was arrested for the brutal attack and murder of Pak Chung Ho, a 75 year old man from Hong Kong whom Bailey robbed and left brain dead. Bailey was also charged with breaking into a senior living facility to violently rob and attack 72 year old Zhi Cheng Shi, an immigrant from China. It was less about race for Bailey and more about how he saw elderly Asians as easy marks to rob, but most of these attacks have taken place in the urban communities of Oakland, Watts, and Brooklyn. How does that fit the narrative that these attacks are encouraged by White supremacy and Trump saying, "China virus"? Finally, are we supposed to condemn all attacks on Asians, or just some? When Asian reporter Andy Ngo was beaten to near death in the streets Portland, Oregon his story got very little attention, because his attackers were Antifa and we're not supposed to talk about Antifa. Are we to assume that attacks on Asians like Andy are okay? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #85.