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Perpetrators of racist attacks tend not to be accurate representations of the local population. And the fact that CA and NY are mentioned rather than Oklahoma

Perpetrators of racist attacks tend not to be accurate representations of the local population. And the fact that CA and NY are mentioned rather than Oklahoma and Idaho is far more likely to be the result of there actually being Asian people in New York and California. Plus, of course, these two states are among the most populated. There are far more Trump voters in California than the Dakotas.

dcolkitt 6y ago
There are 90,000 Asian Americans in Oklahoma. There are over a million in Texas. And more than half a million in Florida. Certainly enough for a pre-mediated act of political terrorism to find a target. You're constructing a false dichotomy where you assume all Red counties are rural, white, and low-population. That's definitely not true outside the coastal states. If the trend is being primarily driven by Republican voters, the Trump-stronghold of Houston (which has one of the largest Asian-American populations of any American city) should be a hotbed of hate crimes. Yet far more seem to occur in San Francisco. Clearly there's an x-factor that goes beyond Trump.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > There are 90,000 Asian Americans in Oklahoma There's about 300,000 in the City of San Francisco. Heck, there's more of both Asians and Trump supporters in California than any red state, and probably far more of both in just red counties in California than in Oklahoma. > You're constructing a false dichotomy where you assume all Red counties are rural, white, and low-population. No, you’re constructing a dichotomy where blue states consist entirely of blue counties and blue voters. > If the trend is being primarily driven by Republican voters What if it's driven primarily by Republican voters who are lashing out at highly visible targets outside of official channels where they don't control local and state governments and therefore feel disempowered? > Yet far more seem to occur in San Francisco San Francisco has about twice as many Asians as Houston, with about 1/3 the total population, for about 6 times the concentration. The average Trump supporter in SF (where, sure, there are fewer) is going to encounter a lot more Asians in daily life than in Houston.
  - yeetawayhn 6y ago
    Antoine Watson Yahya Muslim Yep, definitely sounds like average Trump supporter names...

dcolkitt 6y ago

There are 90,000 Asian Americans in Oklahoma. There are over a million in Texas. And more than half a million in Florida. Certainly enough for a pre-mediated act of political terrorism to find a target. You're constructing a false dichotomy where you assume all Red counties are rural, white, and low-population. That's definitely not true outside the coastal states. If the trend is being primarily driven by Republican voters, the Trump-stronghold of Houston (which has one of the largest Asian-American populations of any American city) should be a hotbed of hate crimes. Yet far more seem to occur in San Francisco. Clearly there's an x-factor that goes beyond Trump.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> There are 90,000 Asian Americans in Oklahoma There's about 300,000 in the City of San Francisco. Heck, there's more of both Asians and Trump supporters in California than any red state, and probably far more of both in just red counties in California than in Oklahoma. > You're constructing a false dichotomy where you assume all Red counties are rural, white, and low-population. No, you’re constructing a dichotomy where blue states consist entirely of blue counties and blue voters. > If the trend is being primarily driven by Republican voters What if it's driven primarily by Republican voters who are lashing out at highly visible targets outside of official channels where they don't control local and state governments and therefore feel disempowered? > Yet far more seem to occur in San Francisco San Francisco has about twice as many Asians as Houston, with about 1/3 the total population, for about 6 times the concentration. The average Trump supporter in SF (where, sure, there are fewer) is going to encounter a lot more Asians in daily life than in Houston.
- yeetawayhn 6y ago
  Antoine Watson Yahya Muslim Yep, definitely sounds like average Trump supporter names...